Q: Is 10,725,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,725,728 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 10,725,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 19 23 26 32 38 46 52 59 76 92 104 118 152 184 208 236 247 299 304 368 416 437 472 494 598 608 736 767 874 944 988 1,121 1,196 1,357 1,534 1,748 1,888 1,976 2,242 2,392 2,714 3,068 3,496 3,952 4,484 4,784 5,428 5,681 6,136 6,992 7,904 8,968 9,568 10,856 11,362 12,272 13,984 14,573 17,641 17,936 21,712 22,724 24,544 25,783 29,146 35,282 35,872 43,424 45,448 51,566 58,292 70,564 90,896 103,132 116,584 141,128 181,792 206,264 233,168 282,256 335,179 412,528 466,336 564,512 670,358 825,056 1,340,716 2,681,432 5,362,864 and 10,725,728, with no remainder.

Since 10,725,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,725,728, 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).