Q: Is 12,013,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,013,308 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 12,013,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 37 58 74 87 111 116 148 174 222 261 311 333 348 444 522 622 666 933 1,044 1,073 1,244 1,332 1,866 2,146 2,799 3,219 3,732 4,292 5,598 6,438 9,019 9,657 11,196 11,507 12,876 18,038 19,314 23,014 27,057 34,521 36,076 38,628 46,028 54,114 69,042 81,171 103,563 108,228 138,084 162,342 207,126 324,684 333,703 414,252 667,406 1,001,109 1,334,812 2,002,218 3,003,327 4,004,436 6,006,654 and 12,013,308, with no remainder.

Since 12,013,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,013,308, 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).