Q: Is 12,243,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,243,312 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 12,243,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 67 72 81 94 108 134 141 144 162 188 201 216 243 268 282 324 376 402 423 432 486 536 564 603 648 752 804 846 972 1,072 1,128 1,206 1,269 1,296 1,608 1,692 1,809 1,944 2,256 2,412 2,538 3,149 3,216 3,384 3,618 3,807 3,888 4,824 5,076 5,427 6,298 6,768 7,236 7,614 9,447 9,648 10,152 10,854 11,421 12,596 14,472 15,228 16,281 18,894 20,304 21,708 22,842 25,192 28,341 28,944 30,456 32,562 37,788 43,416 45,684 50,384 56,682 60,912 65,124 75,576 85,023 86,832 91,368 113,364 130,248 151,152 170,046 182,736 226,728 255,069 260,496 340,092 453,456 510,138 680,184 765,207 1,020,276 1,360,368 1,530,414 2,040,552 3,060,828 4,081,104 6,121,656 and 12,243,312, with no remainder.

Since 12,243,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,243,312, 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).