Q: Is 10,721,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,721,952 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 10,721,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 59 72 96 118 144 177 236 288 354 472 531 631 708 944 1,062 1,262 1,416 1,888 1,893 2,124 2,524 2,832 3,786 4,248 5,048 5,664 5,679 7,572 8,496 10,096 11,358 15,144 16,992 20,192 22,716 30,288 37,229 45,432 60,576 74,458 90,864 111,687 148,916 181,728 223,374 297,832 335,061 446,748 595,664 670,122 893,496 1,191,328 1,340,244 1,786,992 2,680,488 3,573,984 5,360,976 and 10,721,952, with no remainder.

Since 10,721,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,721,952, 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).