Q: Is 9,053,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,053,928 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 9,053,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 117 136 153 156 204 221 234 306 312 408 442 468 569 612 663 884 936 1,138 1,224 1,326 1,707 1,768 1,989 2,276 2,652 3,414 3,978 4,552 5,121 5,304 6,828 7,397 7,956 9,673 10,242 13,656 14,794 15,912 19,346 20,484 22,191 29,019 29,588 38,692 40,968 44,382 58,038 59,176 66,573 77,384 87,057 88,764 116,076 125,749 133,146 174,114 177,528 232,152 251,498 266,292 348,228 377,247 502,996 532,584 696,456 754,494 1,005,992 1,131,741 1,508,988 2,263,482 3,017,976 4,526,964 and 9,053,928, with no remainder.

Since 9,053,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,053,928, 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).