Q: Is 10,007,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,007,040 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 10,007,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 256 320 384 480 512 640 768 960 1,280 1,303 1,536 1,920 2,560 2,606 3,840 3,909 5,212 6,515 7,680 7,818 10,424 13,030 15,636 19,545 20,848 26,060 31,272 39,090 41,696 52,120 62,544 78,180 83,392 104,240 125,088 156,360 166,784 208,480 250,176 312,720 333,568 416,960 500,352 625,440 667,136 833,920 1,000,704 1,250,880 1,667,840 2,001,408 2,501,760 3,335,680 5,003,520 and 10,007,040, with no remainder.

Since 10,007,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,007,040, 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).