Q: Is 10,420,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,420,344 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 10,420,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 59 66 72 88 99 118 132 177 198 223 236 264 354 396 446 472 531 649 669 708 792 892 1,062 1,298 1,338 1,416 1,784 1,947 2,007 2,124 2,453 2,596 2,676 3,894 4,014 4,248 4,906 5,192 5,352 5,841 7,359 7,788 8,028 9,812 11,682 13,157 14,718 15,576 16,056 19,624 22,077 23,364 26,314 29,436 39,471 44,154 46,728 52,628 58,872 78,942 88,308 105,256 118,413 144,727 157,884 176,616 236,826 289,454 315,768 434,181 473,652 578,908 868,362 947,304 1,157,816 1,302,543 1,736,724 2,605,086 3,473,448 5,210,172 and 10,420,344, with no remainder.

Since 10,420,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,420,344, 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).