Q: Is 12,004,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,004,720 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 12,004,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 17 20 26 28 34 35 40 52 56 65 68 70 80 85 91 97 104 112 119 130 136 140 170 182 194 208 221 238 260 272 280 340 364 388 442 455 476 485 520 560 595 679 680 728 776 884 910 952 970 1,040 1,105 1,190 1,261 1,358 1,360 1,456 1,547 1,552 1,649 1,768 1,820 1,904 1,940 2,210 2,380 2,522 2,716 3,094 3,298 3,395 3,536 3,640 3,880 4,420 4,760 5,044 5,432 6,188 6,305 6,596 6,790 7,280 7,735 7,760 8,245 8,827 8,840 9,520 10,088 10,864 11,543 12,376 12,610 13,192 13,580 15,470 16,490 17,654 17,680 20,176 21,437 23,086 24,752 25,220 26,384 27,160 30,940 32,980 35,308 42,874 44,135 46,172 50,440 54,320 57,715 61,880 65,960 70,616 85,748 88,270 92,344 100,880 107,185 115,430 123,760 131,920 141,232 150,059 171,496 176,540 184,688 214,370 230,860 300,118 342,992 353,080 428,740 461,720 600,236 706,160 750,295 857,480 923,440 1,200,472 1,500,590 1,714,960 2,400,944 3,001,180 6,002,360 and 12,004,720, with no remainder.

Since 12,004,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,004,720, 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).