Q: Is 10,758,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,758,440 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 10,758,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 49 55 56 70 77 88 98 110 140 154 196 220 245 280 308 385 392 440 490 499 539 616 770 980 998 1,078 1,540 1,960 1,996 2,156 2,495 2,695 3,080 3,493 3,992 4,312 4,990 5,390 5,489 6,986 9,980 10,780 10,978 13,972 17,465 19,960 21,560 21,956 24,451 27,445 27,944 34,930 38,423 43,912 48,902 54,890 69,860 76,846 97,804 109,780 122,255 139,720 153,692 192,115 195,608 219,560 244,510 268,961 307,384 384,230 489,020 537,922 768,460 978,040 1,075,844 1,344,805 1,536,920 2,151,688 2,689,610 5,379,220 and 10,758,440, with no remainder.

Since 10,758,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,758,440, 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).