Q: Is 10,744,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,744,344 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 10,744,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 169 234 312 338 468 507 676 883 936 1,014 1,352 1,521 1,766 2,028 2,649 3,042 3,532 4,056 5,298 6,084 7,064 7,947 10,596 11,479 12,168 15,894 21,192 22,958 31,788 34,437 45,916 63,576 68,874 91,832 103,311 137,748 149,227 206,622 275,496 298,454 413,244 447,681 596,908 826,488 895,362 1,193,816 1,343,043 1,790,724 2,686,086 3,581,448 5,372,172 and 10,744,344, with no remainder.

Since 10,744,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,744,344, 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).