Q: Is 9,894,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,894,040 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 9,894,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 53 65 104 106 130 212 260 265 359 424 520 530 689 718 1,060 1,378 1,436 1,795 2,120 2,756 2,872 3,445 3,590 4,667 5,512 6,890 7,180 9,334 13,780 14,360 18,668 19,027 23,335 27,560 37,336 38,054 46,670 76,108 93,340 95,135 152,216 186,680 190,270 247,351 380,540 494,702 761,080 989,404 1,236,755 1,978,808 2,473,510 4,947,020 and 9,894,040, with no remainder.

Since 9,894,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,894,040, 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).