Q: Is 10,743,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,743,408 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 10,743,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 312 351 432 468 624 702 936 1,404 1,872 1,913 2,808 3,826 5,616 5,739 7,652 11,478 15,304 17,217 22,956 24,869 30,608 34,434 45,912 49,738 51,651 68,868 74,607 91,824 99,476 103,302 137,736 149,214 198,952 206,604 223,821 275,472 298,428 397,904 413,208 447,642 596,856 671,463 826,416 895,284 1,193,712 1,342,926 1,790,568 2,685,852 3,581,136 5,371,704 and 10,743,408, with no remainder.

Since 10,743,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,743,408, 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).