Q: Is 10,655,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,655,120 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 10,655,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 53 56 70 80 106 112 140 212 265 280 359 371 424 530 560 718 742 848 1,060 1,436 1,484 1,795 1,855 2,120 2,513 2,872 2,968 3,590 3,710 4,240 5,026 5,744 5,936 7,180 7,420 10,052 12,565 14,360 14,840 19,027 20,104 25,130 28,720 29,680 38,054 40,208 50,260 76,108 95,135 100,520 133,189 152,216 190,270 201,040 266,378 304,432 380,540 532,756 665,945 761,080 1,065,512 1,331,890 1,522,160 2,131,024 2,663,780 5,327,560 and 10,655,120, with no remainder.

Since 10,655,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,655,120, 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).