Q: Is 10,117,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,117,170 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 10,117,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 27 30 35 42 45 53 54 63 70 90 101 105 106 126 135 159 189 202 210 265 270 303 315 318 371 378 477 505 530 606 630 707 742 795 909 945 954 1,010 1,113 1,414 1,431 1,515 1,590 1,818 1,855 1,890 2,121 2,226 2,385 2,727 2,862 3,030 3,339 3,535 3,710 4,242 4,545 4,770 5,353 5,454 5,565 6,363 6,678 7,070 7,155 9,090 10,017 10,605 10,706 11,130 12,726 13,635 14,310 16,059 16,695 19,089 20,034 21,210 26,765 27,270 31,815 32,118 33,390 37,471 38,178 48,177 50,085 53,530 63,630 74,942 80,295 95,445 96,354 100,170 112,413 144,531 160,590 187,355 190,890 224,826 240,885 289,062 337,239 374,710 481,770 562,065 674,478 722,655 1,011,717 1,124,130 1,445,310 1,686,195 2,023,434 3,372,390 5,058,585 and 10,117,170, with no remainder.

Since 10,117,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,117,170, 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).