Q: Is 10,455,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,455,744 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 10,455,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 59 64 71 78 96 104 118 142 156 177 192 208 213 236 284 312 354 416 426 472 568 624 708 767 832 852 923 944 1,136 1,248 1,416 1,534 1,704 1,846 1,888 2,272 2,301 2,496 2,769 2,832 3,068 3,408 3,692 3,776 4,189 4,544 4,602 5,538 5,664 6,136 6,816 7,384 8,378 9,204 11,076 11,328 12,272 12,567 13,632 14,768 16,756 18,408 22,152 24,544 25,134 29,536 33,512 36,816 44,304 49,088 50,268 54,457 59,072 67,024 73,632 88,608 100,536 108,914 134,048 147,264 163,371 177,216 201,072 217,828 268,096 326,742 402,144 435,656 653,484 804,288 871,312 1,306,968 1,742,624 2,613,936 3,485,248 5,227,872 and 10,455,744, with no remainder.

Since 10,455,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,455,744, 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).