Q: Is 12,031,092 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,031,092 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 12,031,092 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 71 81 108 142 162 213 284 324 426 523 639 852 1,046 1,278 1,569 1,917 2,092 2,556 3,138 3,834 4,707 5,751 6,276 7,668 9,414 11,502 14,121 18,828 23,004 28,242 37,133 42,363 56,484 74,266 84,726 111,399 148,532 169,452 222,798 334,197 445,596 668,394 1,002,591 1,336,788 2,005,182 3,007,773 4,010,364 6,015,546 and 12,031,092, with no remainder.

Since 12,031,092 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,031,092, 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).