Q: Is 10,787,238 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,787,238 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 10,787,238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 43 63 66 77 86 99 126 129 154 181 198 231 258 301 362 387 462 473 543 602 693 774 903 946 1,086 1,267 1,386 1,419 1,629 1,806 1,991 2,534 2,709 2,838 3,258 3,311 3,801 3,982 4,257 5,418 5,973 6,622 7,602 7,783 8,514 9,933 11,403 11,946 13,937 15,566 17,919 19,866 22,806 23,349 27,874 29,799 35,838 41,811 46,698 54,481 59,598 70,047 83,622 85,613 108,962 125,433 140,094 163,443 171,226 250,866 256,839 326,886 490,329 513,678 599,291 770,517 980,658 1,198,582 1,541,034 1,797,873 3,595,746 5,393,619 and 10,787,238, with no remainder.

Since 10,787,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,787,238, 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).