Q: Is 10,508,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,508,040 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 10,508,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 30 34 36 40 45 51 60 68 72 85 90 101 102 120 136 153 170 180 202 204 255 289 303 306 340 360 404 408 505 510 578 606 612 680 765 808 867 909 1,010 1,020 1,156 1,212 1,224 1,445 1,515 1,530 1,717 1,734 1,818 2,020 2,040 2,312 2,424 2,601 2,890 3,030 3,060 3,434 3,468 3,636 4,040 4,335 4,545 5,151 5,202 5,780 6,060 6,120 6,868 6,936 7,272 8,585 8,670 9,090 10,302 10,404 11,560 12,120 13,005 13,736 15,453 17,170 17,340 18,180 20,604 20,808 25,755 26,010 29,189 30,906 34,340 34,680 36,360 41,208 51,510 52,020 58,378 61,812 68,680 77,265 87,567 103,020 104,040 116,756 123,624 145,945 154,530 175,134 206,040 233,512 262,701 291,890 309,060 350,268 437,835 525,402 583,780 618,120 700,536 875,670 1,050,804 1,167,560 1,313,505 1,751,340 2,101,608 2,627,010 3,502,680 5,254,020 and 10,508,040, with no remainder.

Since 10,508,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,508,040, 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).