Q: Is 10,542,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,542,000 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 10,542,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 25 28 30 35 40 42 48 50 56 60 70 75 80 84 100 105 112 120 125 140 150 168 175 200 210 240 250 251 280 300 336 350 375 400 420 500 502 525 560 600 700 750 753 840 875 1,000 1,004 1,050 1,200 1,255 1,400 1,500 1,506 1,680 1,750 1,757 2,000 2,008 2,100 2,510 2,625 2,800 3,000 3,012 3,500 3,514 3,765 4,016 4,200 5,020 5,250 5,271 6,000 6,024 6,275 7,000 7,028 7,530 8,400 8,785 10,040 10,500 10,542 12,048 12,550 14,000 14,056 15,060 17,570 18,825 20,080 21,000 21,084 25,100 26,355 28,112 30,120 31,375 35,140 37,650 42,000 42,168 43,925 50,200 52,710 60,240 62,750 70,280 75,300 84,336 87,850 94,125 100,400 105,420 125,500 131,775 140,560 150,600 175,700 188,250 210,840 219,625 251,000 263,550 301,200 351,400 376,500 421,680 439,250 502,000 527,100 658,875 702,800 753,000 878,500 1,054,200 1,317,750 1,506,000 1,757,000 2,108,400 2,635,500 3,514,000 5,271,000 and 10,542,000, with no remainder.

Since 10,542,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,542,000, 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).