Q: Is 12,335,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,335,040 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 12,335,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 144 160 180 192 240 288 320 360 480 576 720 960 1,440 2,880 4,283 8,566 12,849 17,132 21,415 25,698 34,264 38,547 42,830 51,396 64,245 68,528 77,094 85,660 102,792 128,490 137,056 154,188 171,320 192,735 205,584 256,980 274,112 308,376 342,640 385,470 411,168 513,960 616,752 685,280 770,940 822,336 1,027,920 1,233,504 1,370,560 1,541,880 2,055,840 2,467,008 3,083,760 4,111,680 6,167,520 and 12,335,040, with no remainder.

Since 12,335,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,335,040, 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).