Q: Is 10,461,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,461,960 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 10,461,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 270 324 360 405 540 648 810 1,080 1,620 3,229 3,240 6,458 9,687 12,916 16,145 19,374 25,832 29,061 32,290 38,748 48,435 58,122 64,580 77,496 87,183 96,870 116,244 129,160 145,305 174,366 193,740 232,488 261,549 290,610 348,732 387,480 435,915 523,098 581,220 697,464 871,830 1,046,196 1,162,440 1,307,745 1,743,660 2,092,392 2,615,490 3,487,320 5,230,980 and 10,461,960, with no remainder.

Since 10,461,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,461,960, 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).