Q: Is 12,336,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,336,480 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 12,336,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 24 26 30 32 36 39 40 45 48 52 60 65 72 78 80 90 96 104 117 120 130 144 156 160 180 195 208 234 240 260 288 312 360 390 416 468 480 520 585 624 659 720 780 936 1,040 1,170 1,248 1,318 1,440 1,560 1,872 1,977 2,080 2,340 2,636 3,120 3,295 3,744 3,954 4,680 5,272 5,931 6,240 6,590 7,908 8,567 9,360 9,885 10,544 11,862 13,180 15,816 17,134 18,720 19,770 21,088 23,724 25,701 26,360 29,655 31,632 34,268 39,540 42,835 47,448 51,402 52,720 59,310 63,264 68,536 77,103 79,080 85,670 94,896 102,804 105,440 118,620 128,505 137,072 154,206 158,160 171,340 189,792 205,608 237,240 257,010 274,144 308,412 316,320 342,680 385,515 411,216 474,480 514,020 616,824 685,360 771,030 822,432 948,960 1,028,040 1,233,648 1,370,720 1,542,060 2,056,080 2,467,296 3,084,120 4,112,160 6,168,240 and 12,336,480, with no remainder.

Since 12,336,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,336,480, 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).