Q: Is 12,125,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,125,432 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 12,125,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 227 454 607 908 1,214 1,816 2,428 2,497 4,856 4,994 6,677 9,988 13,354 19,976 26,708 53,416 137,789 275,578 551,156 1,102,312 1,515,679 3,031,358 6,062,716 and 12,125,432, with no remainder.

Since 12,125,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,125,432, 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).