Q: Is 12,162,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,162,640 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 12,162,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 37 40 56 70 74 80 112 140 148 185 259 280 296 370 518 560 587 592 740 1,036 1,174 1,295 1,480 2,072 2,348 2,590 2,935 2,960 4,109 4,144 4,696 5,180 5,870 8,218 9,392 10,360 11,740 16,436 20,545 20,720 21,719 23,480 32,872 41,090 43,438 46,960 65,744 82,180 86,876 108,595 152,033 164,360 173,752 217,190 304,066 328,720 347,504 434,380 608,132 760,165 868,760 1,216,264 1,520,330 1,737,520 2,432,528 3,040,660 6,081,320 and 12,162,640, with no remainder.

Since 12,162,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,162,640, 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).