Q: Is 10,757,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,757,500 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 10,757,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 25 26 50 52 65 100 125 130 250 260 325 331 500 625 650 662 1,250 1,300 1,324 1,625 1,655 2,500 3,250 3,310 4,303 6,500 6,620 8,125 8,275 8,606 16,250 16,550 17,212 21,515 32,500 33,100 41,375 43,030 82,750 86,060 107,575 165,500 206,875 215,150 413,750 430,300 537,875 827,500 1,075,750 2,151,500 2,689,375 5,378,750 and 10,757,500, with no remainder.

Since 10,757,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,757,500, 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).