Q: Is 10,236,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,236,744 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 10,236,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 84 114 126 133 152 168 171 228 252 266 342 399 456 504 532 684 798 1,064 1,069 1,197 1,368 1,596 2,138 2,394 3,192 3,207 4,276 4,788 6,414 7,483 8,552 9,576 9,621 12,828 14,966 19,242 20,311 22,449 25,656 29,932 38,484 40,622 44,898 59,864 60,933 67,347 76,968 81,244 89,796 121,866 134,694 142,177 162,488 179,592 182,799 243,732 269,388 284,354 365,598 426,531 487,464 538,776 568,708 731,196 853,062 1,137,416 1,279,593 1,462,392 1,706,124 2,559,186 3,412,248 5,118,372 and 10,236,744, with no remainder.

Since 10,236,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,236,744, 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).