Q: Is 10,242,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,242,288 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 10,242,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 216 252 324 336 378 432 504 567 648 756 1,008 1,129 1,134 1,296 1,512 2,258 2,268 3,024 3,387 4,516 4,536 6,774 7,903 9,032 9,072 10,161 13,548 15,806 18,064 20,322 23,709 27,096 30,483 31,612 40,644 47,418 54,192 60,966 63,224 71,127 81,288 91,449 94,836 121,932 126,448 142,254 162,576 182,898 189,672 213,381 243,864 284,508 365,796 379,344 426,762 487,728 569,016 640,143 731,592 853,524 1,138,032 1,280,286 1,463,184 1,707,048 2,560,572 3,414,096 5,121,144 and 10,242,288, with no remainder.

Since 10,242,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,242,288, 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).