Q: Is 9,902,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,902,040 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 9,902,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 43 57 60 76 86 95 101 114 120 129 152 172 190 202 215 228 258 285 303 344 380 404 430 456 505 516 570 606 645 760 808 817 860 1,010 1,032 1,140 1,212 1,290 1,515 1,634 1,720 1,919 2,020 2,280 2,424 2,451 2,580 3,030 3,268 3,838 4,040 4,085 4,343 4,902 5,160 5,757 6,060 6,536 7,676 8,170 8,686 9,595 9,804 11,514 12,120 12,255 13,029 15,352 16,340 17,372 19,190 19,608 21,715 23,028 24,510 26,058 28,785 32,680 34,744 38,380 43,430 46,056 49,020 52,116 57,570 65,145 76,760 82,517 86,860 98,040 104,232 115,140 130,290 165,034 173,720 230,280 247,551 260,580 330,068 412,585 495,102 521,160 660,136 825,170 990,204 1,237,755 1,650,340 1,980,408 2,475,510 3,300,680 4,951,020 and 9,902,040, with no remainder.

Since 9,902,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,902,040, 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).