Q: Is 10,321,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,321,520 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 10,321,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 37 40 44 55 74 80 88 110 148 176 185 220 296 317 370 407 440 592 634 740 814 880 1,268 1,480 1,585 1,628 2,035 2,536 2,960 3,170 3,256 3,487 4,070 5,072 6,340 6,512 6,974 8,140 11,729 12,680 13,948 16,280 17,435 23,458 25,360 27,896 32,560 34,870 46,916 55,792 58,645 69,740 93,832 117,290 129,019 139,480 187,664 234,580 258,038 278,960 469,160 516,076 645,095 938,320 1,032,152 1,290,190 2,064,304 2,580,380 5,160,760 and 10,321,520, with no remainder.

Since 10,321,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,321,520, 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).