Q: Is 10,201,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,201,428 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 10,201,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 79 102 153 158 204 211 237 306 316 422 474 612 633 711 844 948 1,266 1,343 1,422 1,899 2,532 2,686 2,844 3,587 3,798 4,029 5,372 7,174 7,596 8,058 10,761 12,087 14,348 16,116 16,669 21,522 24,174 32,283 33,338 43,044 48,348 50,007 64,566 66,676 100,014 129,132 150,021 200,028 283,373 300,042 566,746 600,084 850,119 1,133,492 1,700,238 2,550,357 3,400,476 5,100,714 and 10,201,428, with no remainder.

Since 10,201,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,201,428, 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).