Q: Is 12,224,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,224,000 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 12,224,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 100 125 128 160 191 200 250 256 320 382 400 500 512 640 764 800 955 1,000 1,280 1,528 1,600 1,910 2,000 2,560 3,056 3,200 3,820 4,000 4,775 6,112 6,400 7,640 8,000 9,550 12,224 12,800 15,280 16,000 19,100 23,875 24,448 30,560 32,000 38,200 47,750 48,896 61,120 64,000 76,400 95,500 97,792 122,240 152,800 191,000 244,480 305,600 382,000 488,960 611,200 764,000 1,222,400 1,528,000 2,444,800 3,056,000 6,112,000 and 12,224,000, with no remainder.

Since 12,224,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,224,000, 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).