Q: Is 10,100,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,100,000 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 10,100,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 80 100 101 125 160 200 202 250 400 404 500 505 625 800 808 1,000 1,010 1,250 1,616 2,000 2,020 2,500 2,525 3,125 3,232 4,000 4,040 5,000 5,050 6,250 8,080 10,000 10,100 12,500 12,625 16,160 20,000 20,200 25,000 25,250 40,400 50,000 50,500 63,125 80,800 100,000 101,000 126,250 202,000 252,500 315,625 404,000 505,000 631,250 1,010,000 1,262,500 2,020,000 2,525,000 5,050,000 and 10,100,000, with no remainder.

Since 10,100,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,100,000, 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).