Q: Is 9,214,812 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,214,812 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 9,214,812 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 31 36 46 62 69 92 93 124 138 186 207 276 279 359 372 414 558 713 718 828 1,077 1,116 1,426 1,436 2,139 2,154 2,852 3,231 4,278 4,308 6,417 6,462 8,257 8,556 11,129 12,834 12,924 16,514 22,258 24,771 25,668 33,028 33,387 44,516 49,542 66,774 74,313 99,084 100,161 133,548 148,626 200,322 255,967 297,252 400,644 511,934 767,901 1,023,868 1,535,802 2,303,703 3,071,604 4,607,406 and 9,214,812, with no remainder.

Since 9,214,812 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,214,812, 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).