Q: Is 9,940,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,940,860 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 9,940,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 41 45 54 60 82 90 108 123 135 164 180 205 246 270 369 410 449 492 540 615 738 820 898 1,107 1,230 1,347 1,476 1,796 1,845 2,214 2,245 2,460 2,694 3,690 4,041 4,428 4,490 5,388 5,535 6,735 7,380 8,082 8,980 11,070 12,123 13,470 16,164 18,409 20,205 22,140 24,246 26,940 36,818 40,410 48,492 55,227 60,615 73,636 80,820 92,045 110,454 121,230 165,681 184,090 220,908 242,460 276,135 331,362 368,180 497,043 552,270 662,724 828,405 994,086 1,104,540 1,656,810 1,988,172 2,485,215 3,313,620 4,970,430 and 9,940,860, with no remainder.

Since 9,940,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,940,860, 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).