Q: Is 10,207,446 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,207,446 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 10,207,446 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 19 23 34 38 46 51 57 69 102 114 138 229 323 391 437 458 646 687 782 874 969 1,173 1,311 1,374 1,938 2,346 2,622 3,893 4,351 5,267 7,429 7,786 8,702 10,534 11,679 13,053 14,858 15,801 22,287 23,358 26,106 31,602 44,574 73,967 89,539 100,073 147,934 179,078 200,146 221,901 268,617 300,219 443,802 537,234 600,438 1,701,241 3,402,482 5,103,723 and 10,207,446, with no remainder.

Since 10,207,446 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,207,446, 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).