Q: Is 10,226,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,226,088 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 10,226,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 72 81 86 108 129 162 172 216 258 324 344 367 387 516 648 734 774 1,032 1,101 1,161 1,468 1,548 2,202 2,322 2,936 3,096 3,303 3,483 4,404 4,644 6,606 6,966 8,808 9,288 9,909 13,212 13,932 15,781 19,818 26,424 27,864 29,727 31,562 39,636 47,343 59,454 63,124 79,272 94,686 118,908 126,248 142,029 189,372 237,816 284,058 378,744 426,087 568,116 852,174 1,136,232 1,278,261 1,704,348 2,556,522 3,408,696 5,113,044 and 10,226,088, with no remainder.

Since 10,226,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,226,088, 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).