Q: Is 9,958,806 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,958,806 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 9,958,806 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 53 66 73 78 99 106 117 143 146 159 198 219 234 286 318 429 438 477 583 657 689 803 858 949 954 1,166 1,287 1,314 1,378 1,606 1,749 1,898 2,067 2,409 2,574 2,847 3,498 3,869 4,134 4,818 5,247 5,694 6,201 7,227 7,579 7,738 8,541 10,439 10,494 11,607 12,402 14,454 15,158 17,082 20,878 22,737 23,214 31,317 34,821 42,559 45,474 50,297 62,634 68,211 69,642 85,118 93,951 100,594 127,677 136,422 150,891 187,902 255,354 301,782 383,031 452,673 553,267 766,062 905,346 1,106,534 1,659,801 3,319,602 4,979,403 and 9,958,806, with no remainder.

Since 9,958,806 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,958,806, 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).