Q: Is 10,432,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,432,368 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 10,432,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 31 36 38 41 48 54 57 62 72 76 82 93 108 114 123 124 144 152 164 171 186 216 228 246 248 279 304 328 342 369 372 432 456 492 496 513 558 589 656 684 738 744 779 837 912 984 1,026 1,107 1,116 1,178 1,271 1,368 1,476 1,488 1,558 1,674 1,767 1,968 2,052 2,214 2,232 2,337 2,356 2,542 2,736 2,952 3,116 3,348 3,534 3,813 4,104 4,428 4,464 4,674 4,712 5,084 5,301 5,904 6,232 6,696 7,011 7,068 7,626 8,208 8,856 9,348 9,424 10,168 10,602 11,439 12,464 13,392 14,022 14,136 15,252 15,903 17,712 18,696 20,336 21,033 21,204 22,878 24,149 28,044 28,272 30,504 31,806 34,317 37,392 42,066 42,408 45,756 48,298 56,088 61,008 63,612 68,634 72,447 84,132 84,816 91,512 96,596 112,176 127,224 137,268 144,894 168,264 183,024 193,192 217,341 254,448 274,536 289,788 336,528 386,384 434,682 549,072 579,576 652,023 869,364 1,159,152 1,304,046 1,738,728 2,608,092 3,477,456 5,216,184 and 10,432,368, with no remainder.

Since 10,432,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,432,368, 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).