Q: Is 10,921,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,921,536 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 10,921,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 67 72 96 134 144 192 201 268 283 288 402 536 566 576 603 804 849 1,072 1,132 1,206 1,608 1,698 2,144 2,264 2,412 2,547 3,216 3,396 4,288 4,528 4,824 5,094 6,432 6,792 9,056 9,648 10,188 12,864 13,584 18,112 18,961 19,296 20,376 27,168 37,922 38,592 40,752 54,336 56,883 75,844 81,504 113,766 151,688 163,008 170,649 227,532 303,376 341,298 455,064 606,752 682,596 910,128 1,213,504 1,365,192 1,820,256 2,730,384 3,640,512 5,460,768 and 10,921,536, with no remainder.

Since 10,921,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,921,536, 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).