Q: Is 9,260,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,260,342 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 9,260,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 17 26 34 41 73 82 91 119 146 182 221 238 287 442 511 533 574 697 949 1,022 1,066 1,241 1,394 1,547 1,898 2,482 2,993 3,094 3,731 4,879 5,986 6,643 7,462 8,687 9,061 9,758 13,286 16,133 17,374 18,122 20,951 32,266 38,909 41,902 50,881 63,427 77,818 101,762 112,931 126,854 225,862 272,363 356,167 544,726 661,453 712,334 1,322,906 4,630,171 and 9,260,342, with no remainder.

Since 9,260,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,260,342, 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).