Q: Is 10,173,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,173,200 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 10,173,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 29 40 50 58 80 100 116 145 200 232 290 400 464 580 725 877 1,160 1,450 1,754 2,320 2,900 3,508 4,385 5,800 7,016 8,770 11,600 14,032 17,540 21,925 25,433 35,080 43,850 50,866 70,160 87,700 101,732 127,165 175,400 203,464 254,330 350,800 406,928 508,660 635,825 1,017,320 1,271,650 2,034,640 2,543,300 5,086,600 and 10,173,200, with no remainder.

Since 10,173,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,173,200, 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).