Q: Is 12,073,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,073,880 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 12,073,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 26 28 31 35 40 52 56 62 65 70 91 104 107 124 130 140 155 182 214 217 248 260 280 310 364 403 428 434 455 520 535 620 728 749 806 856 868 910 1,070 1,085 1,240 1,391 1,498 1,612 1,736 1,820 2,015 2,140 2,170 2,782 2,821 2,996 3,224 3,317 3,640 3,745 4,030 4,280 4,340 5,564 5,642 5,992 6,634 6,955 7,490 8,060 8,680 9,737 11,128 11,284 13,268 13,910 14,105 14,980 16,120 16,585 19,474 22,568 23,219 26,536 27,820 28,210 29,960 33,170 38,948 43,121 46,438 48,685 55,640 56,420 66,340 77,896 86,242 92,876 97,370 112,840 116,095 132,680 172,484 185,752 194,740 215,605 232,190 301,847 344,968 389,480 431,210 464,380 603,694 862,420 928,760 1,207,388 1,509,235 1,724,840 2,414,776 3,018,470 6,036,940 and 12,073,880, with no remainder.

Since 12,073,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,073,880, 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).