Q: Is 9,937,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,937,656 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 9,937,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 23 24 34 36 46 51 68 69 72 92 102 136 138 153 184 204 207 276 306 353 391 408 414 552 612 706 782 828 1,059 1,173 1,224 1,412 1,564 1,656 2,118 2,346 2,824 3,128 3,177 3,519 4,236 4,692 6,001 6,354 7,038 8,119 8,472 9,384 12,002 12,708 14,076 16,238 18,003 24,004 24,357 25,416 28,152 32,476 36,006 48,008 48,714 54,009 64,952 72,012 73,071 97,428 108,018 138,023 144,024 146,142 194,856 216,036 276,046 292,284 414,069 432,072 552,092 584,568 828,138 1,104,184 1,242,207 1,656,276 2,484,414 3,312,552 4,968,828 and 9,937,656, with no remainder.

Since 9,937,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,937,656, 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).