Q: Is 12,107,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,107,560 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 12,107,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 19 20 38 40 76 89 95 152 178 179 190 356 358 380 445 712 716 760 890 895 1,432 1,691 1,780 1,790 3,382 3,401 3,560 3,580 6,764 6,802 7,160 8,455 13,528 13,604 15,931 16,910 17,005 27,208 31,862 33,820 34,010 63,724 67,640 68,020 79,655 127,448 136,040 159,310 302,689 318,620 605,378 637,240 1,210,756 1,513,445 2,421,512 3,026,890 6,053,780 and 12,107,560, with no remainder.

Since 12,107,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,107,560, 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).