Q: Is 10,757,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,757,940 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 10,757,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 34 51 53 60 68 85 102 106 159 170 199 204 212 255 265 318 340 398 510 530 597 636 795 796 901 995 1,020 1,060 1,194 1,590 1,802 1,990 2,388 2,703 2,985 3,180 3,383 3,604 3,980 4,505 5,406 5,970 6,766 9,010 10,149 10,547 10,812 11,940 13,515 13,532 16,915 18,020 20,298 21,094 27,030 31,641 33,830 40,596 42,188 50,745 52,735 54,060 63,282 67,660 101,490 105,470 126,564 158,205 179,299 202,980 210,940 316,410 358,598 537,897 632,820 717,196 896,495 1,075,794 1,792,990 2,151,588 2,689,485 3,585,980 5,378,970 and 10,757,940, with no remainder.

Since 10,757,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,757,940, 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).