Q: Is 10,420,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,420,480 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 10,420,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 56 64 70 80 112 128 140 160 224 256 280 320 448 560 640 896 1,120 1,163 1,280 1,792 2,240 2,326 4,480 4,652 5,815 8,141 8,960 9,304 11,630 16,282 18,608 23,260 32,564 37,216 40,705 46,520 65,128 74,432 81,410 93,040 130,256 148,864 162,820 186,080 260,512 297,728 325,640 372,160 521,024 651,280 744,320 1,042,048 1,302,560 1,488,640 2,084,096 2,605,120 5,210,240 and 10,420,480, with no remainder.

Since 10,420,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,420,480, 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).