Q: Is 12,037,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,037,088 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 12,037,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 29 32 34 56 58 68 109 112 116 119 136 203 218 224 232 238 272 406 436 464 476 493 544 763 812 872 928 952 986 1,526 1,624 1,744 1,853 1,904 1,972 3,052 3,161 3,248 3,451 3,488 3,706 3,808 3,944 6,104 6,322 6,496 6,902 7,412 7,888 12,208 12,644 12,971 13,804 14,824 15,776 22,127 24,416 25,288 25,942 27,608 29,648 44,254 50,576 51,884 53,737 55,216 59,296 88,508 101,152 103,768 107,474 110,432 177,016 207,536 214,948 354,032 376,159 415,072 429,896 708,064 752,318 859,792 1,504,636 1,719,584 3,009,272 6,018,544 and 12,037,088, with no remainder.

Since 12,037,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,037,088, 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).