Q: Is 12,141,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,141,240 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 12,141,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 46 53 60 69 83 92 106 115 120 138 159 166 184 212 230 249 265 276 318 332 345 415 424 460 498 530 552 636 664 690 795 830 920 996 1,060 1,219 1,245 1,272 1,380 1,590 1,660 1,909 1,992 2,120 2,438 2,490 2,760 3,180 3,320 3,657 3,818 4,399 4,876 4,980 5,727 6,095 6,360 7,314 7,636 8,798 9,545 9,752 9,960 11,454 12,190 13,197 14,628 15,272 17,596 18,285 19,090 21,995 22,908 24,380 26,394 28,635 29,256 35,192 36,570 38,180 43,990 45,816 48,760 52,788 57,270 65,985 73,140 76,360 87,980 101,177 105,576 114,540 131,970 146,280 175,960 202,354 229,080 263,940 303,531 404,708 505,885 527,880 607,062 809,416 1,011,770 1,214,124 1,517,655 2,023,540 2,428,248 3,035,310 4,047,080 6,070,620 and 12,141,240, with no remainder.

Since 12,141,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,141,240, 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).