Q: Is 10,772,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,772,928 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 10,772,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 59 64 72 96 118 144 177 192 236 288 317 354 472 531 576 634 708 944 951 1,062 1,268 1,416 1,888 1,902 2,124 2,536 2,832 2,853 3,776 3,804 4,248 5,072 5,664 5,706 7,608 8,496 10,144 11,328 11,412 15,216 16,992 18,703 20,288 22,824 30,432 33,984 37,406 45,648 56,109 60,864 74,812 91,296 112,218 149,624 168,327 182,592 224,436 299,248 336,654 448,872 598,496 673,308 897,744 1,196,992 1,346,616 1,795,488 2,693,232 3,590,976 5,386,464 and 10,772,928, with no remainder.

Since 10,772,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,772,928, 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).