Q: Is 10,469,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,469,952 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 10,469,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 73 83 96 108 144 146 166 192 216 219 249 288 292 332 432 438 498 576 584 657 664 747 864 876 996 1,168 1,314 1,328 1,494 1,728 1,752 1,971 1,992 2,241 2,336 2,628 2,656 2,988 3,504 3,942 3,984 4,482 4,672 5,256 5,312 5,976 6,059 7,008 7,884 7,968 8,964 10,512 11,952 12,118 14,016 15,768 15,936 17,928 18,177 21,024 23,904 24,236 31,536 35,856 36,354 42,048 47,808 48,472 54,531 63,072 71,712 72,708 96,944 109,062 126,144 143,424 145,416 163,593 193,888 218,124 290,832 327,186 387,776 436,248 581,664 654,372 872,496 1,163,328 1,308,744 1,744,992 2,617,488 3,489,984 5,234,976 and 10,469,952, with no remainder.

Since 10,469,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,469,952, 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).