Q: Is 10,102,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 10,102,020 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 10,102,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 101 202 303 404 505 606 1,010 1,212 1,515 1,667 2,020 3,030 3,334 5,001 6,060 6,668 8,335 10,002 16,670 20,004 25,005 33,340 50,010 100,020 168,367 336,734 505,101 673,468 841,835 1,010,202 1,683,670 2,020,404 2,525,505 3,367,340 5,051,010 and 10,102,020, with no remainder.

Since 10,102,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,102,020, 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).