Q: Is 10,708,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,708,608 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 10,708,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 79 96 128 158 192 237 316 353 384 474 632 706 948 1,059 1,264 1,412 1,896 2,118 2,528 2,824 3,792 4,236 5,056 5,648 7,584 8,472 10,112 11,296 15,168 16,944 22,592 27,887 30,336 33,888 45,184 55,774 67,776 83,661 111,548 135,552 167,322 223,096 334,644 446,192 669,288 892,384 1,338,576 1,784,768 2,677,152 3,569,536 5,354,304 and 10,708,608, with no remainder.

Since 10,708,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,708,608, 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).