Q: Is 10,722,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,722,320 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 10,722,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 41 56 70 80 82 112 140 164 205 280 287 328 410 467 560 574 656 820 934 1,148 1,435 1,640 1,868 2,296 2,335 2,870 3,269 3,280 3,736 4,592 4,670 5,740 6,538 7,472 9,340 11,480 13,076 16,345 18,680 19,147 22,960 26,152 32,690 37,360 38,294 52,304 65,380 76,588 95,735 130,760 134,029 153,176 191,470 261,520 268,058 306,352 382,940 536,116 670,145 765,880 1,072,232 1,340,290 1,531,760 2,144,464 2,680,580 5,361,160 and 10,722,320, with no remainder.

Since 10,722,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,722,320, 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).