Q: Is 9,907,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,907,296 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 9,907,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 32 42 46 48 56 69 84 92 96 112 138 161 168 184 224 276 322 336 368 483 552 641 644 672 736 966 1,104 1,282 1,288 1,923 1,932 2,208 2,564 2,576 3,846 3,864 4,487 5,128 5,152 7,692 7,728 8,974 10,256 13,461 14,743 15,384 15,456 17,948 20,512 26,922 29,486 30,768 35,896 44,229 53,844 58,972 61,536 71,792 88,458 103,201 107,688 117,944 143,584 176,916 206,402 215,376 235,888 309,603 353,832 412,804 430,752 471,776 619,206 707,664 825,608 1,238,412 1,415,328 1,651,216 2,476,824 3,302,432 4,953,648 and 9,907,296, with no remainder.

Since 9,907,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,907,296, 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).