Q: Is 12,248,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,248,448 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 12,248,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 167 191 192 334 382 384 501 573 668 764 1,002 1,146 1,336 1,528 2,004 2,292 2,672 3,056 4,008 4,584 5,344 6,112 8,016 9,168 10,688 12,224 16,032 18,336 21,376 24,448 31,897 32,064 36,672 63,794 64,128 73,344 95,691 127,588 191,382 255,176 382,764 510,352 765,528 1,020,704 1,531,056 2,041,408 3,062,112 4,082,816 6,124,224 and 12,248,448, with no remainder.

Since 12,248,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,248,448, 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).