Q: Is 10,165,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,165,536 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 10,165,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 47 48 72 94 96 141 144 188 282 288 376 423 564 751 752 846 1,128 1,502 1,504 1,692 2,253 2,256 3,004 3,384 4,506 4,512 6,008 6,759 6,768 9,012 12,016 13,518 13,536 18,024 24,032 27,036 35,297 36,048 54,072 70,594 72,096 105,891 108,144 141,188 211,782 216,288 282,376 317,673 423,564 564,752 635,346 847,128 1,129,504 1,270,692 1,694,256 2,541,384 3,388,512 5,082,768 and 10,165,536, with no remainder.

Since 10,165,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,165,536, 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).