Q: Is 12,249,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,249,984 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 12,249,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 23 24 32 38 46 48 57 64 69 73 76 92 96 114 128 138 146 152 184 192 219 228 276 292 304 368 384 437 438 456 552 584 608 736 874 876 912 1,104 1,168 1,216 1,311 1,387 1,472 1,679 1,748 1,752 1,824 2,208 2,336 2,432 2,622 2,774 2,944 3,358 3,496 3,504 3,648 4,161 4,416 4,672 5,037 5,244 5,548 6,716 6,992 7,008 7,296 8,322 8,832 9,344 10,074 10,488 11,096 13,432 13,984 14,016 16,644 20,148 20,976 22,192 26,864 27,968 28,032 31,901 33,288 40,296 41,952 44,384 53,728 55,936 63,802 66,576 80,592 83,904 88,768 95,703 107,456 127,604 133,152 161,184 167,808 177,536 191,406 214,912 255,208 266,304 322,368 382,812 510,416 532,608 644,736 765,624 1,020,832 1,531,248 2,041,664 3,062,496 4,083,328 6,124,992 and 12,249,984, with no remainder.

Since 12,249,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,249,984, 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).