Q: Is 9,976,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,976,824 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 9,976,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 17 18 19 22 24 26 27 33 34 36 38 39 44 51 52 54 57 66 68 72 76 78 88 99 102 104 108 114 117 132 136 143 152 153 156 171 187 198 204 209 216 221 228 234 247 264 286 297 306 312 323 342 351 374 396 408 418 429 442 456 459 468 494 513 561 572 594 612 627 646 663 684 702 741 748 792 836 858 884 918 936 969 988 1,026 1,122 1,144 1,188 1,224 1,254 1,287 1,292 1,326 1,368 1,404 1,482 1,496 1,672 1,683 1,716 1,768 1,836 1,881 1,938 1,976 1,989 2,052 2,223 2,244 2,376 2,431 2,508 2,574 2,584 2,652 2,717 2,808 2,907 2,964 3,366 3,432 3,553 3,672 3,762 3,861 3,876 3,978 4,104 4,199 4,446 4,488 4,862 5,016 5,049 5,148 5,304 5,434 5,643 5,814 5,928 5,967 6,669 6,732 7,106 7,293 7,524 7,722 7,752 7,956 8,151 8,398 8,721 8,892 9,724 10,098 10,296 10,659 10,868 11,286 11,628 11,934 12,597 13,338 13,464 14,212 14,586 15,048 15,444 15,912 16,302 16,796 17,442 17,784 19,448 20,196 21,318 21,736 21,879 22,572 23,256 23,868 24,453 25,194 26,676 28,424 29,172 30,888 31,977 32,604 33,592 34,884 37,791 40,392 42,636 43,758 45,144 46,189 47,736 48,906 50,388 53,352 58,344 63,954 65,208 65,637 69,768 73,359 75,582 85,272 87,516 92,378 95,931 97,812 100,776 113,373 127,908 131,274 138,567 146,718 151,164 175,032 184,756 191,862 195,624 226,746 255,816 262,548 277,134 293,436 302,328 369,512 383,724 415,701 453,492 525,096 554,268 586,872 767,448 831,402 906,984 1,108,536 1,247,103 1,662,804 2,494,206 3,325,608 4,988,412 and 9,976,824, with no remainder.

Since 9,976,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,976,824, 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).