Q: Is 10,423,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,423,440 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 10,423,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 48 60 62 72 80 90 93 120 124 144 155 180 186 240 248 279 310 360 372 465 467 496 558 620 720 744 930 934 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,401 1,488 1,860 1,868 2,232 2,335 2,480 2,790 2,802 3,720 3,736 4,203 4,464 4,670 5,580 5,604 7,005 7,440 7,472 8,406 9,340 11,160 11,208 14,010 14,477 16,812 18,680 21,015 22,320 22,416 28,020 28,954 33,624 37,360 42,030 43,431 56,040 57,908 67,248 72,385 84,060 86,862 112,080 115,816 130,293 144,770 168,120 173,724 217,155 231,632 260,586 289,540 336,240 347,448 434,310 521,172 579,080 651,465 694,896 868,620 1,042,344 1,158,160 1,302,930 1,737,240 2,084,688 2,605,860 3,474,480 5,211,720 and 10,423,440, with no remainder.

Since 10,423,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,423,440, 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).