Q: Is 9,963,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,963,904 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 9,963,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 19 32 34 38 64 68 76 128 136 152 241 272 304 323 482 544 608 646 964 1,088 1,216 1,292 1,928 2,176 2,432 2,584 3,856 4,097 4,579 5,168 7,712 8,194 9,158 10,336 15,424 16,388 18,316 20,672 30,848 32,776 36,632 41,344 65,552 73,264 77,843 131,104 146,528 155,686 262,208 293,056 311,372 524,416 586,112 622,744 1,245,488 2,490,976 4,981,952 and 9,963,904, with no remainder.

Since 9,963,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,963,904, 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).