Q: Is 9,897,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,897,912 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 9,897,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 36 43 46 69 72 86 92 129 138 139 172 184 207 258 276 278 344 387 414 417 516 552 556 774 828 834 989 1,032 1,112 1,251 1,548 1,656 1,668 1,978 2,502 2,967 3,096 3,197 3,336 3,956 5,004 5,934 5,977 6,394 7,912 8,901 9,591 10,008 11,868 11,954 12,788 17,802 17,931 19,182 23,736 23,908 25,576 28,773 35,604 35,862 38,364 47,816 53,793 57,546 71,208 71,724 76,728 107,586 115,092 137,471 143,448 215,172 230,184 274,942 412,413 430,344 549,884 824,826 1,099,768 1,237,239 1,649,652 2,474,478 3,299,304 4,948,956 and 9,897,912, with no remainder.

Since 9,897,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,897,912, 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).