Q: Is 9,919,938 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,919,938 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 9,919,938 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 31 38 42 57 62 93 114 133 186 217 266 399 401 434 589 651 798 802 1,178 1,203 1,302 1,767 2,406 2,807 3,534 4,123 5,614 7,619 8,246 8,421 12,369 12,431 15,238 16,842 22,857 24,738 24,862 37,293 45,714 53,333 74,586 87,017 106,666 159,999 174,034 236,189 261,051 319,998 472,378 522,102 708,567 1,417,134 1,653,323 3,306,646 4,959,969 and 9,919,938, with no remainder.

Since 9,919,938 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,919,938, 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).