Q: Is 9,897,690 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,897,690 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 9,897,690 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 66 89 110 165 178 267 330 337 445 534 674 890 979 1,011 1,335 1,685 1,958 2,022 2,670 2,937 3,370 3,707 4,895 5,055 5,874 7,414 9,790 10,110 11,121 14,685 18,535 22,242 29,370 29,993 37,070 55,605 59,986 89,979 111,210 149,965 179,958 299,930 329,923 449,895 659,846 899,790 989,769 1,649,615 1,979,538 3,299,230 4,948,845 and 9,897,690, with no remainder.

Since 9,897,690 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,897,690, 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).