Q: Is 10,808,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,808,712 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 10,808,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 36 46 61 69 72 92 107 122 138 183 184 207 214 244 276 321 366 414 428 488 549 552 642 732 828 856 963 1,098 1,284 1,403 1,464 1,656 1,926 2,196 2,461 2,568 2,806 3,852 4,209 4,392 4,922 5,612 6,527 7,383 7,704 8,418 9,844 11,224 12,627 13,054 14,766 16,836 19,581 19,688 22,149 25,254 26,108 29,532 33,672 39,162 44,298 50,508 52,216 58,743 59,064 78,324 88,596 101,016 117,486 150,121 156,648 177,192 234,972 300,242 450,363 469,944 600,484 900,726 1,200,968 1,351,089 1,801,452 2,702,178 3,602,904 5,404,356 and 10,808,712, with no remainder.

Since 10,808,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,808,712, 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).