Q: Is 10,504,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,504,368 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 10,504,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 48 51 56 63 68 72 84 102 112 119 126 136 144 153 168 204 238 252 272 306 336 357 408 476 504 612 613 714 816 952 1,008 1,071 1,224 1,226 1,428 1,839 1,904 2,142 2,448 2,452 2,856 3,678 4,284 4,291 4,904 5,517 5,712 7,356 8,568 8,582 9,808 10,421 11,034 12,873 14,712 17,136 17,164 20,842 22,068 25,746 29,424 31,263 34,328 38,619 41,684 44,136 51,492 62,526 68,656 72,947 77,238 83,368 88,272 93,789 102,984 125,052 145,894 154,476 166,736 187,578 205,968 218,841 250,104 291,788 308,952 375,156 437,682 500,208 583,576 617,904 656,523 750,312 875,364 1,167,152 1,313,046 1,500,624 1,750,728 2,626,092 3,501,456 5,252,184 and 10,504,368, with no remainder.

Since 10,504,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,504,368, 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).