Q: Is 9,908,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,908,200 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 9,908,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 107 200 214 428 463 535 856 926 1,070 1,852 2,140 2,315 2,675 3,704 4,280 4,630 5,350 9,260 10,700 11,575 18,520 21,400 23,150 46,300 49,541 92,600 99,082 198,164 247,705 396,328 495,410 990,820 1,238,525 1,981,640 2,477,050 4,954,100 and 9,908,200, with no remainder.

Since 9,908,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,908,200, 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).