Q: Is 12,013,764 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,013,764 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 12,013,764 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 21 28 34 42 47 51 68 84 94 102 119 141 179 188 204 238 282 329 357 358 476 537 564 658 714 716 799 987 1,074 1,253 1,316 1,428 1,598 1,974 2,148 2,397 2,506 3,043 3,196 3,759 3,948 4,794 5,012 5,593 6,086 7,518 8,413 9,129 9,588 11,186 12,172 15,036 16,779 16,826 18,258 21,301 22,372 25,239 33,558 33,652 36,516 42,602 50,478 58,891 63,903 67,116 85,204 100,956 117,782 127,806 143,021 176,673 235,564 255,612 286,042 353,346 429,063 572,084 706,692 858,126 1,001,147 1,716,252 2,002,294 3,003,441 4,004,588 6,006,882 and 12,013,764, with no remainder.

Since 12,013,764 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,013,764, 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).