Q: Is 12,273,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,273,048 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 12,273,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 34 36 37 51 68 72 74 102 111 136 148 153 204 222 271 296 306 333 408 444 542 612 629 666 813 888 1,084 1,224 1,258 1,332 1,626 1,887 2,168 2,439 2,516 2,664 3,252 3,774 4,607 4,878 5,032 5,661 6,504 7,548 9,214 9,756 10,027 11,322 13,821 15,096 18,428 19,512 20,054 22,644 27,642 30,081 36,856 40,108 41,463 45,288 55,284 60,162 80,216 82,926 90,243 110,568 120,324 165,852 170,459 180,486 240,648 331,704 340,918 360,972 511,377 681,836 721,944 1,022,754 1,363,672 1,534,131 2,045,508 3,068,262 4,091,016 6,136,524 and 12,273,048, with no remainder.

Since 12,273,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,273,048, 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).