Q: Is 12,338,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,338,448 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 12,338,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 83 114 152 163 166 228 249 304 326 332 456 489 498 652 664 912 978 996 1,304 1,328 1,577 1,956 1,992 2,608 3,097 3,154 3,912 3,984 4,731 6,194 6,308 7,824 9,291 9,462 12,388 12,616 13,529 18,582 18,924 24,776 25,232 27,058 37,164 37,848 40,587 49,552 54,116 74,328 75,696 81,174 108,232 148,656 162,348 216,464 257,051 324,696 514,102 649,392 771,153 1,028,204 1,542,306 2,056,408 3,084,612 4,112,816 6,169,224 and 12,338,448, with no remainder.

Since 12,338,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,338,448, 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).