Q: Is 9,877,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,877,080 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 9,877,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 53 60 106 120 159 212 265 318 424 530 636 795 1,060 1,272 1,553 1,590 2,120 3,106 3,180 4,659 6,212 6,360 7,765 9,318 12,424 15,530 18,636 23,295 31,060 37,272 46,590 62,120 82,309 93,180 164,618 186,360 246,927 329,236 411,545 493,854 658,472 823,090 987,708 1,234,635 1,646,180 1,975,416 2,469,270 3,292,360 4,938,540 and 9,877,080, with no remainder.

Since 9,877,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,877,080, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).