Q: Is 9,896,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,896,688 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 9,896,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 48 54 62 72 93 108 124 144 186 216 248 279 372 432 496 558 739 744 837 1,116 1,478 1,488 1,674 2,217 2,232 2,956 3,348 4,434 4,464 5,912 6,651 6,696 8,868 11,824 13,302 13,392 17,736 19,953 22,909 26,604 35,472 39,906 45,818 53,208 68,727 79,812 91,636 106,416 137,454 159,624 183,272 206,181 274,908 319,248 366,544 412,362 549,816 618,543 824,724 1,099,632 1,237,086 1,649,448 2,474,172 3,298,896 4,948,344 and 9,896,688, with no remainder.

Since 9,896,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,896,688, 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).