Q: Is 10,372,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,372,440 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 10,372,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 24 26 30 39 40 52 60 61 65 78 104 109 120 122 130 156 183 195 218 244 260 305 312 327 366 390 436 488 520 545 610 654 732 780 793 872 915 1,090 1,220 1,308 1,417 1,464 1,560 1,586 1,635 1,830 2,180 2,379 2,440 2,616 2,834 3,172 3,270 3,660 3,965 4,251 4,360 4,758 5,668 6,344 6,540 6,649 7,085 7,320 7,930 8,502 9,516 11,336 11,895 13,080 13,298 14,170 15,860 17,004 19,032 19,947 21,255 23,790 26,596 28,340 31,720 33,245 34,008 39,894 42,510 47,580 53,192 56,680 66,490 79,788 85,020 86,437 95,160 99,735 132,980 159,576 170,040 172,874 199,470 259,311 265,960 345,748 398,940 432,185 518,622 691,496 797,880 864,370 1,037,244 1,296,555 1,728,740 2,074,488 2,593,110 3,457,480 5,186,220 and 10,372,440, with no remainder.

Since 10,372,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,372,440, 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).