Q: Is 9,935,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,935,520 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 9,935,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 210 224 240 280 336 420 480 560 672 840 1,120 1,680 2,957 3,360 5,914 8,871 11,828 14,785 17,742 20,699 23,656 29,570 35,484 41,398 44,355 47,312 59,140 62,097 70,968 82,796 88,710 94,624 103,495 118,280 124,194 141,936 165,592 177,420 206,990 236,560 248,388 283,872 310,485 331,184 354,840 413,980 473,120 496,776 620,970 662,368 709,680 827,960 993,552 1,241,940 1,419,360 1,655,920 1,987,104 2,483,880 3,311,840 4,967,760 and 9,935,520, with no remainder.

Since 9,935,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,935,520, 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).