Q: Is 10,879,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,879,760 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 10,879,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 40 41 62 80 82 107 124 155 164 205 214 248 310 328 410 428 496 535 620 656 820 856 1,070 1,240 1,271 1,640 1,712 2,140 2,480 2,542 3,280 3,317 4,280 4,387 5,084 6,355 6,634 8,560 8,774 10,168 12,710 13,268 16,585 17,548 20,336 21,935 25,420 26,536 33,170 35,096 43,870 50,840 53,072 66,340 70,192 87,740 101,680 132,680 135,997 175,480 265,360 271,994 350,960 543,988 679,985 1,087,976 1,359,970 2,175,952 2,719,940 5,439,880 and 10,879,760, with no remainder.

Since 10,879,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,879,760, 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).