Q: Is 12,249,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,249,120 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 12,249,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 24 26 30 32 39 40 48 52 60 65 78 80 96 104 120 130 151 156 160 169 195 208 240 260 302 312 338 390 416 453 480 507 520 604 624 676 755 780 845 906 1,014 1,040 1,208 1,248 1,352 1,510 1,560 1,690 1,812 1,963 2,028 2,080 2,265 2,416 2,535 2,704 3,020 3,120 3,380 3,624 3,926 4,056 4,530 4,832 5,070 5,408 5,889 6,040 6,240 6,760 7,248 7,852 8,112 9,060 9,815 10,140 11,778 12,080 13,520 14,496 15,704 16,224 18,120 19,630 20,280 23,556 24,160 25,519 27,040 29,445 31,408 36,240 39,260 40,560 47,112 51,038 58,890 62,816 72,480 76,557 78,520 81,120 94,224 102,076 117,780 127,595 153,114 157,040 188,448 204,152 235,560 255,190 306,228 314,080 382,785 408,304 471,120 510,380 612,456 765,570 816,608 942,240 1,020,760 1,224,912 1,531,140 2,041,520 2,449,824 3,062,280 4,083,040 6,124,560 and 12,249,120, with no remainder.

Since 12,249,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,249,120, 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).