Q: Is 9,877,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,877,392 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 9,877,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 41 42 48 56 63 72 82 84 112 123 126 144 164 168 239 246 252 287 328 336 369 478 492 504 574 656 717 738 861 956 984 1,008 1,148 1,434 1,476 1,673 1,722 1,912 1,968 2,151 2,296 2,583 2,868 2,952 3,346 3,444 3,824 4,302 4,592 5,019 5,166 5,736 5,904 6,692 6,888 8,604 9,799 10,038 10,332 11,472 13,384 13,776 15,057 17,208 19,598 20,076 20,664 26,768 29,397 30,114 34,416 39,196 40,152 41,328 58,794 60,228 68,593 78,392 80,304 88,191 117,588 120,456 137,186 156,784 176,382 205,779 235,176 240,912 274,372 352,764 411,558 470,352 548,744 617,337 705,528 823,116 1,097,488 1,234,674 1,411,056 1,646,232 2,469,348 3,292,464 4,938,696 and 9,877,392, with no remainder.

Since 9,877,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,877,392, 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).