Q: Is 12,107,706 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,107,706 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 12,107,706 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 23 26 34 39 46 51 69 78 102 138 221 299 391 397 442 598 663 782 794 897 1,173 1,191 1,326 1,794 2,346 2,382 5,083 5,161 6,749 9,131 10,166 10,322 13,498 15,249 15,483 18,262 20,247 27,393 30,498 30,966 40,494 54,786 87,737 118,703 155,227 175,474 237,406 263,211 310,454 356,109 465,681 526,422 712,218 931,362 2,017,951 4,035,902 6,053,853 and 12,107,706, with no remainder.

Since 12,107,706 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,107,706, 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).