Q: Is 12,000,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,000,420 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 12,000,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 71 90 108 135 142 180 213 270 284 313 355 426 540 626 639 710 852 939 1,065 1,252 1,278 1,420 1,565 1,878 1,917 2,130 2,556 2,817 3,130 3,195 3,756 3,834 4,260 4,695 5,634 6,260 6,390 7,668 8,451 9,390 9,585 11,268 12,780 14,085 16,902 18,780 19,170 22,223 28,170 33,804 38,340 42,255 44,446 56,340 66,669 84,510 88,892 111,115 133,338 169,020 200,007 222,230 266,676 333,345 400,014 444,460 600,021 666,690 800,028 1,000,035 1,200,042 1,333,380 2,000,070 2,400,084 3,000,105 4,000,140 6,000,210 and 12,000,420, with no remainder.

Since 12,000,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,000,420, 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).