Q: Is 10,235,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,235,940 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 10,235,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 26 30 33 39 44 52 55 60 65 66 78 110 130 132 143 156 165 195 220 260 286 330 390 429 572 660 715 780 858 1,193 1,430 1,716 2,145 2,386 2,860 3,579 4,290 4,772 5,965 7,158 8,580 11,930 13,123 14,316 15,509 17,895 23,860 26,246 31,018 35,790 39,369 46,527 52,492 62,036 65,615 71,580 77,545 78,738 93,054 131,230 155,090 157,476 170,599 186,108 196,845 232,635 262,460 310,180 341,198 393,690 465,270 511,797 682,396 787,380 852,995 930,540 1,023,594 1,705,990 2,047,188 2,558,985 3,411,980 5,117,970 and 10,235,940, with no remainder.

Since 10,235,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,235,940, 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).