Q: Is 10,235,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,235,456 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 10,235,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 31 32 44 56 62 64 67 77 88 112 124 134 154 176 217 224 248 268 308 341 352 434 448 469 496 536 616 682 704 737 868 938 992 1,072 1,232 1,364 1,474 1,736 1,876 1,984 2,077 2,144 2,387 2,464 2,728 2,948 3,472 3,752 4,154 4,288 4,774 4,928 5,159 5,456 5,896 6,944 7,504 8,308 9,548 10,318 10,912 11,792 13,888 14,539 15,008 16,616 19,096 20,636 21,824 22,847 23,584 29,078 30,016 33,232 38,192 41,272 45,694 47,168 58,156 66,464 76,384 82,544 91,388 116,312 132,928 152,768 159,929 165,088 182,776 232,624 319,858 330,176 365,552 465,248 639,716 731,104 930,496 1,279,432 1,462,208 2,558,864 5,117,728 and 10,235,456, with no remainder.

Since 10,235,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,235,456, 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).