Q: Is 9,608,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,608,016 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 9,608,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 31 33 44 48 62 66 88 93 124 132 176 186 248 264 341 372 496 528 587 682 744 1,023 1,174 1,364 1,488 1,761 2,046 2,348 2,728 3,522 4,092 4,696 5,456 6,457 7,044 8,184 9,392 12,914 14,088 16,368 18,197 19,371 25,828 28,176 36,394 38,742 51,656 54,591 72,788 77,484 103,312 109,182 145,576 154,968 200,167 218,364 291,152 309,936 400,334 436,728 600,501 800,668 873,456 1,201,002 1,601,336 2,402,004 3,202,672 4,804,008 and 9,608,016, with no remainder.

Since 9,608,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,608,016, 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).