Q: Is 12,244,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,244,032 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 12,244,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 64 72 87 96 116 144 174 192 232 261 288 348 464 522 576 696 733 928 1,044 1,392 1,466 1,856 2,088 2,199 2,784 2,932 4,176 4,398 5,568 5,864 6,597 8,352 8,796 11,728 13,194 16,704 17,592 21,257 23,456 26,388 35,184 42,514 46,912 52,776 63,771 70,368 85,028 105,552 127,542 140,736 170,056 191,313 211,104 255,084 340,112 382,626 422,208 510,168 680,224 765,252 1,020,336 1,360,448 1,530,504 2,040,672 3,061,008 4,081,344 6,122,016 and 12,244,032, with no remainder.

Since 12,244,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,244,032, 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).