Q: Is 10,221,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,221,444 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 10,221,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 31 36 43 54 62 71 86 93 108 124 129 142 172 186 213 258 279 284 372 387 426 516 558 639 774 837 852 1,116 1,161 1,278 1,333 1,548 1,674 1,917 2,201 2,322 2,556 2,666 3,053 3,348 3,834 3,999 4,402 4,644 5,332 6,106 6,603 7,668 7,998 8,804 9,159 11,997 12,212 13,206 15,996 18,318 19,809 23,994 26,412 27,477 35,991 36,636 39,618 47,988 54,954 59,427 71,982 79,236 82,431 94,643 109,908 118,854 143,964 164,862 189,286 237,708 283,929 329,724 378,572 567,858 851,787 1,135,716 1,703,574 2,555,361 3,407,148 5,110,722 and 10,221,444, with no remainder.

Since 10,221,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,221,444, 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).