Q: Is 10,840,662 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,840,662 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 10,840,662 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 27 34 42 49 51 54 63 98 102 119 126 147 153 189 238 241 294 306 357 378 441 459 482 714 723 833 882 918 1,071 1,323 1,446 1,666 1,687 2,142 2,169 2,499 2,646 3,213 3,374 4,097 4,338 4,998 5,061 6,426 6,507 7,497 8,194 10,122 11,809 12,291 13,014 14,994 15,183 22,491 23,618 24,582 28,679 30,366 35,427 36,873 44,982 45,549 57,358 70,854 73,746 86,037 91,098 106,281 110,619 172,074 200,753 212,562 221,238 258,111 318,843 401,506 516,222 602,259 637,686 774,333 1,204,518 1,548,666 1,806,777 3,613,554 5,420,331 and 10,840,662, with no remainder.

Since 10,840,662 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,840,662, 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).