Q: Is 12,008,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,008,208 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 12,008,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 46 48 69 73 92 138 146 149 184 219 276 292 298 368 438 447 552 584 596 876 894 1,104 1,168 1,192 1,679 1,752 1,788 2,384 3,358 3,427 3,504 3,576 5,037 6,716 6,854 7,152 10,074 10,281 10,877 13,432 13,708 20,148 20,562 21,754 26,864 27,416 32,631 40,296 41,124 43,508 54,832 65,262 80,592 82,248 87,016 130,524 164,496 174,032 250,171 261,048 500,342 522,096 750,513 1,000,684 1,501,026 2,001,368 3,002,052 4,002,736 6,004,104 and 12,008,208, with no remainder.

Since 12,008,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,008,208, 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).