Q: Is 10,972,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,972,752 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 10,972,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 102 112 113 119 136 168 204 226 238 272 289 336 339 357 408 452 476 578 678 714 791 816 867 904 952 1,156 1,356 1,428 1,582 1,734 1,808 1,904 1,921 2,023 2,312 2,373 2,712 2,856 3,164 3,468 3,842 4,046 4,624 4,746 5,424 5,712 5,763 6,069 6,328 6,936 7,684 8,092 9,492 11,526 12,138 12,656 13,447 13,872 15,368 16,184 18,984 23,052 24,276 26,894 30,736 32,368 32,657 37,968 40,341 46,104 48,552 53,788 65,314 80,682 92,208 97,104 97,971 107,576 130,628 161,364 195,942 215,152 228,599 261,256 322,728 391,884 457,198 522,512 645,456 685,797 783,768 914,396 1,371,594 1,567,536 1,828,792 2,743,188 3,657,584 5,486,376 and 10,972,752, with no remainder.

Since 10,972,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,972,752, 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).