Q: Is 10,948,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,948,952 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 10,948,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 31 34 49 53 56 62 68 98 106 119 124 136 196 212 217 238 248 371 392 424 434 476 527 742 833 868 901 952 1,054 1,484 1,519 1,643 1,666 1,736 1,802 2,108 2,597 2,968 3,038 3,286 3,332 3,604 3,689 4,216 5,194 6,076 6,307 6,572 6,664 7,208 7,378 10,388 11,501 12,152 12,614 13,144 14,756 20,776 23,002 25,228 25,823 27,931 29,512 44,149 46,004 50,456 51,646 55,862 80,507 88,298 92,008 103,292 111,724 161,014 176,596 195,517 206,584 223,448 322,028 353,192 391,034 644,056 782,068 1,368,619 1,564,136 2,737,238 5,474,476 and 10,948,952, with no remainder.

Since 10,948,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,948,952, 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).