Q: Is 10,423,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,423,840 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 10,423,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 41 56 70 80 82 112 140 160 164 205 224 227 280 287 328 410 454 560 574 656 820 908 1,120 1,135 1,148 1,312 1,435 1,589 1,640 1,816 2,270 2,296 2,870 3,178 3,280 3,632 4,540 4,592 5,740 6,356 6,560 7,264 7,945 9,080 9,184 9,307 11,480 12,712 15,890 18,160 18,614 22,960 25,424 31,780 36,320 37,228 45,920 46,535 50,848 63,560 65,149 74,456 93,070 127,120 130,298 148,912 186,140 254,240 260,596 297,824 325,745 372,280 521,192 651,490 744,560 1,042,384 1,302,980 1,489,120 2,084,768 2,605,960 5,211,920 and 10,423,840, with no remainder.

Since 10,423,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,423,840, 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).