Q: Is 9,972,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,972,676 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 9,972,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 28 34 41 49 68 73 82 98 119 146 164 196 238 287 292 476 511 574 697 833 1,022 1,148 1,241 1,394 1,666 2,009 2,044 2,482 2,788 2,993 3,332 3,577 4,018 4,879 4,964 5,986 7,154 8,036 8,687 9,758 11,972 14,308 17,374 19,516 20,951 34,153 34,748 41,902 50,881 60,809 68,306 83,804 101,762 121,618 136,612 146,657 203,524 243,236 293,314 356,167 586,628 712,334 1,424,668 2,493,169 4,986,338 and 9,972,676, with no remainder.

Since 9,972,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,972,676, 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).