Q: Is 10,660,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,660,728 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 10,660,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 47 52 78 94 104 141 156 188 282 312 376 564 611 727 1,128 1,222 1,454 1,833 2,181 2,444 2,908 3,666 4,362 4,888 5,816 7,332 8,724 9,451 14,664 17,448 18,902 28,353 34,169 37,804 56,706 68,338 75,608 102,507 113,412 136,676 205,014 226,824 273,352 410,028 444,197 820,056 888,394 1,332,591 1,776,788 2,665,182 3,553,576 5,330,364 and 10,660,728, with no remainder.

Since 10,660,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,660,728, 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).