Q: Is 10,235,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,235,120 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 10,235,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 49 56 70 80 98 112 140 196 245 280 343 373 392 490 560 686 746 784 980 1,372 1,492 1,715 1,865 1,960 2,611 2,744 2,984 3,430 3,730 3,920 5,222 5,488 5,968 6,860 7,460 10,444 13,055 13,720 14,920 18,277 20,888 26,110 27,440 29,840 36,554 41,776 52,220 73,108 91,385 104,440 127,939 146,216 182,770 208,880 255,878 292,432 365,540 511,756 639,695 731,080 1,023,512 1,279,390 1,462,160 2,047,024 2,558,780 5,117,560 and 10,235,120, with no remainder.

Since 10,235,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,235,120, 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).