Q: Is 12,153,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,153,888 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 12,153,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 521 648 729 864 972 1,042 1,296 1,458 1,563 1,944 2,084 2,592 2,916 3,126 3,888 4,168 4,689 5,832 6,252 7,776 8,336 9,378 11,664 12,504 14,067 16,672 18,756 23,328 25,008 28,134 37,512 42,201 50,016 56,268 75,024 84,402 112,536 126,603 150,048 168,804 225,072 253,206 337,608 379,809 450,144 506,412 675,216 759,618 1,012,824 1,350,432 1,519,236 2,025,648 3,038,472 4,051,296 6,076,944 and 12,153,888, with no remainder.

Since 12,153,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,153,888, 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).