Q: Is 10,135,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,135,272 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 10,135,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 23 24 28 42 43 46 56 61 69 84 86 92 122 129 138 161 168 172 183 184 244 258 276 301 322 344 366 427 483 488 516 552 602 644 732 854 903 966 989 1,032 1,204 1,281 1,288 1,403 1,464 1,708 1,806 1,932 1,978 2,408 2,562 2,623 2,806 2,967 3,416 3,612 3,864 3,956 4,209 5,124 5,246 5,612 5,934 6,923 7,224 7,869 7,912 8,418 9,821 10,248 10,492 11,224 11,868 13,846 15,738 16,836 18,361 19,642 20,769 20,984 23,736 27,692 29,463 31,476 33,672 36,722 39,284 41,538 55,083 55,384 58,926 60,329 62,952 73,444 78,568 83,076 110,166 117,852 120,658 146,888 166,152 180,987 220,332 235,704 241,316 361,974 422,303 440,664 482,632 723,948 844,606 1,266,909 1,447,896 1,689,212 2,533,818 3,378,424 5,067,636 and 10,135,272, with no remainder.

Since 10,135,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,135,272, 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).