Q: Is 10,726,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,726,848 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 10,726,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 192 198 264 288 352 396 528 576 704 792 1,056 1,584 1,693 2,112 3,168 3,386 5,079 6,336 6,772 10,158 13,544 15,237 18,623 20,316 27,088 30,474 37,246 40,632 54,176 55,869 60,948 74,492 81,264 108,352 111,738 121,896 148,984 162,528 167,607 223,476 243,792 297,968 325,056 335,214 446,952 487,584 595,936 670,428 893,904 975,168 1,191,872 1,340,856 1,787,808 2,681,712 3,575,616 5,363,424 and 10,726,848, with no remainder.

Since 10,726,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,726,848, 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).