Q: Is 12,040,028 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,040,028 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 12,040,028 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 31 44 52 62 77 91 97 124 143 154 182 194 217 286 308 341 364 388 403 434 572 679 682 806 868 1,001 1,067 1,261 1,358 1,364 1,612 2,002 2,134 2,387 2,522 2,716 2,821 3,007 4,004 4,268 4,433 4,774 5,044 5,642 6,014 7,469 8,827 8,866 9,548 11,284 12,028 13,871 14,938 17,654 17,732 21,049 27,742 29,876 31,031 33,077 35,308 39,091 42,098 55,484 62,062 66,154 78,182 84,196 97,097 124,124 132,308 156,364 194,194 231,539 273,637 388,388 430,001 463,078 547,274 860,002 926,156 1,094,548 1,720,004 3,010,007 6,020,014 and 12,040,028, with no remainder.

Since 12,040,028 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,040,028, 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).