Q: Is 9,939,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,939,520 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 9,939,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 89 160 178 320 349 356 445 698 712 890 1,396 1,424 1,745 1,780 2,792 2,848 3,490 3,560 5,584 5,696 6,980 7,120 11,168 13,960 14,240 22,336 27,920 28,480 31,061 55,840 62,122 111,680 124,244 155,305 248,488 310,610 496,976 621,220 993,952 1,242,440 1,987,904 2,484,880 4,969,760 and 9,939,520, with no remainder.

Since 9,939,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,939,520, 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).