Q: Is 10,600,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,600,016 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 10,600,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 43 56 62 71 86 112 124 142 172 217 248 284 301 344 434 496 497 568 602 688 868 994 1,136 1,204 1,333 1,736 1,988 2,201 2,408 2,666 3,053 3,472 3,976 4,402 4,816 5,332 6,106 7,952 8,804 9,331 10,664 12,212 15,407 17,608 18,662 21,328 21,371 24,424 30,814 35,216 37,324 42,742 48,848 61,628 74,648 85,484 94,643 123,256 149,296 170,968 189,286 246,512 341,936 378,572 662,501 757,144 1,325,002 1,514,288 2,650,004 5,300,008 and 10,600,016, with no remainder.

Since 10,600,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,600,016, 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).