Q: Is 10,031,310 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,031,310 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 10,031,310 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 53 54 90 106 135 159 265 270 318 477 530 701 795 954 1,402 1,431 1,590 2,103 2,385 2,862 3,505 4,206 4,770 6,309 7,010 7,155 10,515 12,618 14,310 18,927 21,030 31,545 37,153 37,854 63,090 74,306 94,635 111,459 185,765 189,270 222,918 334,377 371,530 557,295 668,754 1,003,131 1,114,590 1,671,885 2,006,262 3,343,770 5,015,655 and 10,031,310, with no remainder.

Since 10,031,310 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,031,310, 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).