Q: Is 12,014,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,014,808 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 12,014,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 97 104 156 194 291 312 388 397 582 776 794 1,164 1,191 1,261 1,588 2,328 2,382 2,522 3,176 3,783 4,764 5,044 5,161 7,566 9,528 10,088 10,322 15,132 15,483 20,644 30,264 30,966 38,509 41,288 61,932 77,018 115,527 123,864 154,036 231,054 308,072 462,108 500,617 924,216 1,001,234 1,501,851 2,002,468 3,003,702 4,004,936 6,007,404 and 12,014,808, with no remainder.

Since 12,014,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,014,808, 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).