Q: Is 10,255,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,255,000 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 10,255,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 100 125 140 175 200 250 280 293 350 500 586 625 700 875 1,000 1,172 1,250 1,400 1,465 1,750 2,051 2,344 2,500 2,930 3,500 4,102 4,375 5,000 5,860 7,000 7,325 8,204 8,750 10,255 11,720 14,650 16,408 17,500 20,510 29,300 35,000 36,625 41,020 51,275 58,600 73,250 82,040 102,550 146,500 183,125 205,100 256,375 293,000 366,250 410,200 512,750 732,500 1,025,500 1,281,875 1,465,000 2,051,000 2,563,750 5,127,500 and 10,255,000, with no remainder.

Since 10,255,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,255,000, 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).