Q: Is 10,423,644 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,423,644 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 10,423,644 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 29 33 42 44 58 66 77 84 87 116 132 154 174 203 231 308 319 348 389 406 462 609 638 778 812 924 957 1,167 1,218 1,276 1,556 1,914 2,233 2,334 2,436 2,723 3,828 4,279 4,466 4,668 5,446 6,699 8,169 8,558 8,932 10,892 11,281 12,837 13,398 16,338 17,116 22,562 25,674 26,796 29,953 32,676 33,843 45,124 51,348 59,906 67,686 78,967 89,859 119,812 124,091 135,372 157,934 179,718 236,901 248,182 315,868 359,436 372,273 473,802 496,364 744,546 868,637 947,604 1,489,092 1,737,274 2,605,911 3,474,548 5,211,822 and 10,423,644, with no remainder.

Since 10,423,644 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,423,644, 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).