Q: Is 10,228,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,228,240 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 10,228,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 40 44 55 59 80 88 110 118 176 197 220 236 295 394 440 472 590 649 788 880 944 985 1,180 1,298 1,576 1,970 2,167 2,360 2,596 3,152 3,245 3,940 4,334 4,720 5,192 6,490 7,880 8,668 10,384 10,835 11,623 12,980 15,760 17,336 21,670 23,246 25,960 34,672 43,340 46,492 51,920 58,115 86,680 92,984 116,230 127,853 173,360 185,968 232,460 255,706 464,920 511,412 639,265 929,840 1,022,824 1,278,530 2,045,648 2,557,060 5,114,120 and 10,228,240, with no remainder.

Since 10,228,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,228,240, 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).