Q: Is 12,118,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,118,344 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 12,118,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 53 56 84 106 159 168 212 318 371 424 636 742 1,113 1,272 1,361 1,484 2,226 2,722 2,968 4,083 4,452 5,444 8,166 8,904 9,527 10,888 16,332 19,054 28,581 32,664 38,108 57,162 72,133 76,216 114,324 144,266 216,399 228,648 288,532 432,798 504,931 577,064 865,596 1,009,862 1,514,793 1,731,192 2,019,724 3,029,586 4,039,448 6,059,172 and 12,118,344, with no remainder.

Since 12,118,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,118,344, 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).