Q: Is 10,174,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,174,416 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 10,174,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 107 112 168 214 283 321 336 428 566 642 749 849 856 1,132 1,284 1,498 1,698 1,712 1,981 2,247 2,264 2,568 2,996 3,396 3,962 4,494 4,528 5,136 5,943 5,992 6,792 7,924 8,988 11,886 11,984 13,584 15,848 17,976 23,772 30,281 31,696 35,952 47,544 60,562 90,843 95,088 121,124 181,686 211,967 242,248 363,372 423,934 484,496 635,901 726,744 847,868 1,271,802 1,453,488 1,695,736 2,543,604 3,391,472 5,087,208 and 10,174,416, with no remainder.

Since 10,174,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,174,416, 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).