Q: Is 12,340,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,340,240 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 12,340,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 37 40 44 55 74 80 88 110 148 176 185 220 296 370 379 407 440 592 740 758 814 880 1,480 1,516 1,628 1,895 2,035 2,960 3,032 3,256 3,790 4,070 4,169 6,064 6,512 7,580 8,140 8,338 14,023 15,160 16,280 16,676 20,845 28,046 30,320 32,560 33,352 41,690 56,092 66,704 70,115 83,380 112,184 140,230 154,253 166,760 224,368 280,460 308,506 333,520 560,920 617,012 771,265 1,121,840 1,234,024 1,542,530 2,468,048 3,085,060 6,170,120 and 12,340,240, with no remainder.

Since 12,340,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,340,240, 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).