Q: Is 12,317,670 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,317,670 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 12,317,670 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 37 45 54 74 81 90 111 135 137 162 185 222 243 270 274 333 370 405 411 486 555 666 685 810 822 999 1,110 1,215 1,233 1,370 1,665 1,998 2,055 2,430 2,466 2,997 3,330 3,699 4,110 4,995 5,069 5,994 6,165 7,398 8,991 9,990 10,138 11,097 12,330 14,985 15,207 17,982 18,495 22,194 25,345 29,970 30,414 33,291 36,990 44,955 45,621 50,690 55,485 66,582 76,035 89,910 91,242 110,970 136,863 152,070 166,455 228,105 273,726 332,910 410,589 456,210 684,315 821,178 1,231,767 1,368,630 2,052,945 2,463,534 4,105,890 6,158,835 and 12,317,670, with no remainder.

Since 12,317,670 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,317,670, 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).