Q: Is 10,143,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,143,120 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 10,143,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 26 30 39 40 48 52 60 65 78 80 104 120 130 156 195 208 240 260 312 390 520 624 780 1,040 1,560 3,120 3,251 6,502 9,753 13,004 16,255 19,506 26,008 32,510 39,012 42,263 48,765 52,016 65,020 78,024 84,526 97,530 126,789 130,040 156,048 169,052 195,060 211,315 253,578 260,080 338,104 390,120 422,630 507,156 633,945 676,208 780,240 845,260 1,014,312 1,267,890 1,690,520 2,028,624 2,535,780 3,381,040 5,071,560 and 10,143,120, with no remainder.

Since 10,143,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,143,120, 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).