Q: Is 12,029,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,029,460 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 12,029,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 23 30 46 60 69 92 115 138 230 276 345 379 460 529 690 758 1,058 1,137 1,380 1,516 1,587 1,895 2,116 2,274 2,645 3,174 3,790 4,548 5,290 5,685 6,348 7,580 7,935 8,717 10,580 11,370 15,870 17,434 22,740 26,151 31,740 34,868 43,585 52,302 87,170 104,604 130,755 174,340 200,491 261,510 400,982 523,020 601,473 801,964 1,002,455 1,202,946 2,004,910 2,405,892 3,007,365 4,009,820 6,014,730 and 12,029,460, with no remainder.

Since 12,029,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,029,460, 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).