Q: Is 10,452,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,452,432 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 10,452,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 73 76 114 146 152 157 219 228 292 304 314 438 456 471 584 628 876 912 942 1,168 1,256 1,387 1,752 1,884 2,512 2,774 2,983 3,504 3,768 4,161 5,548 5,966 7,536 8,322 8,949 11,096 11,461 11,932 16,644 17,898 22,192 22,922 23,864 33,288 34,383 35,796 45,844 47,728 66,576 68,766 71,592 91,688 137,532 143,184 183,376 217,759 275,064 435,518 550,128 653,277 871,036 1,306,554 1,742,072 2,613,108 3,484,144 5,226,216 and 10,452,432, with no remainder.

Since 10,452,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,452,432, 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).