Q: Is 10,006,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,006,656 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 10,006,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 23 24 32 33 44 46 48 64 66 69 88 92 96 103 128 132 138 176 184 192 206 253 264 276 309 352 368 384 412 506 528 552 618 704 736 759 824 1,012 1,056 1,104 1,133 1,236 1,408 1,472 1,518 1,648 2,024 2,112 2,208 2,266 2,369 2,472 2,944 3,036 3,296 3,399 4,048 4,224 4,416 4,532 4,738 4,944 6,072 6,592 6,798 7,107 8,096 8,832 9,064 9,476 9,888 12,144 13,184 13,596 14,214 16,192 18,128 18,952 19,776 24,288 26,059 27,192 28,428 32,384 36,256 37,904 39,552 48,576 52,118 54,384 56,856 72,512 75,808 78,177 97,152 104,236 108,768 113,712 145,024 151,616 156,354 208,472 217,536 227,424 303,232 312,708 416,944 435,072 454,848 625,416 833,888 909,696 1,250,832 1,667,776 2,501,664 3,335,552 5,003,328 and 10,006,656, with no remainder.

Since 10,006,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,006,656, 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).