Q: Is 12,236,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,236,952 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 12,236,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 52 56 78 84 91 104 156 168 169 182 273 312 338 364 431 507 546 676 728 862 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,293 1,352 1,724 2,028 2,184 2,366 2,586 3,017 3,448 3,549 4,056 4,732 5,172 5,603 6,034 7,098 9,051 9,464 10,344 11,206 12,068 14,196 16,809 18,102 22,412 24,136 28,392 33,618 36,204 39,221 44,824 67,236 72,408 72,839 78,442 117,663 134,472 145,678 156,884 218,517 235,326 291,356 313,768 437,034 470,652 509,873 582,712 874,068 941,304 1,019,746 1,529,619 1,748,136 2,039,492 3,059,238 4,078,984 6,118,476 and 12,236,952, with no remainder.

Since 12,236,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,236,952, 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).