Q: Is 12,237,498 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,237,498 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 12,237,498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 31 39 42 62 63 78 91 93 117 126 182 186 217 234 241 273 279 403 434 482 546 558 651 723 806 819 1,209 1,302 1,446 1,638 1,687 1,953 2,169 2,418 2,821 3,133 3,374 3,627 3,906 4,338 5,061 5,642 6,266 7,254 7,471 8,463 9,399 10,122 14,942 15,183 16,926 18,798 21,931 22,413 25,389 28,197 30,366 43,862 44,826 50,778 52,297 56,394 65,793 67,239 97,123 104,594 131,586 134,478 156,891 194,246 197,379 291,369 313,782 394,758 470,673 582,738 679,861 874,107 941,346 1,359,722 1,748,214 2,039,583 4,079,166 6,118,749 and 12,237,498, with no remainder.

Since 12,237,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,237,498, 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).