Q: Is 9,526,842 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,526,842 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 9,526,842 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 27 39 41 54 78 82 117 123 234 246 331 351 369 533 662 702 738 993 1,066 1,107 1,599 1,986 2,214 2,979 3,198 4,303 4,797 5,958 8,606 8,937 9,594 12,909 13,571 14,391 17,874 25,818 27,142 28,782 38,727 40,713 77,454 81,426 116,181 122,139 176,423 232,362 244,278 352,846 366,417 529,269 732,834 1,058,538 1,587,807 3,175,614 4,763,421 and 9,526,842, with no remainder.

Since 9,526,842 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,526,842, 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).