Q: Is 12,045,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,045,024 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 12,045,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,296 1,549 1,944 2,592 3,098 3,888 4,647 6,196 7,776 9,294 12,392 13,941 18,588 24,784 27,882 37,176 41,823 49,568 55,764 74,352 83,646 111,528 125,469 148,704 167,292 223,056 250,938 334,584 376,407 446,112 501,876 669,168 752,814 1,003,752 1,338,336 1,505,628 2,007,504 3,011,256 4,015,008 6,022,512 and 12,045,024, with no remainder.

Since 12,045,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,045,024, 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).