Q: Is 10,324,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,324,240 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 10,324,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 23 31 40 46 62 80 92 115 124 155 181 184 230 248 310 362 368 460 496 620 713 724 905 920 1,240 1,426 1,448 1,810 1,840 2,480 2,852 2,896 3,565 3,620 4,163 5,611 5,704 7,130 7,240 8,326 11,222 11,408 14,260 14,480 16,652 20,815 22,444 28,055 28,520 33,304 41,630 44,888 56,110 57,040 66,608 83,260 89,776 112,220 129,053 166,520 224,440 258,106 333,040 448,880 516,212 645,265 1,032,424 1,290,530 2,064,848 2,581,060 5,162,120 and 10,324,240, with no remainder.

Since 10,324,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,324,240, 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).