Q: Is 12,340,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,340,260 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 12,340,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 179 180 358 383 537 716 766 895 1,074 1,149 1,532 1,611 1,790 1,915 2,148 2,298 2,685 3,222 3,447 3,580 3,830 4,596 5,370 5,745 6,444 6,894 7,660 8,055 10,740 11,490 13,788 16,110 17,235 22,980 32,220 34,470 68,557 68,940 137,114 205,671 274,228 342,785 411,342 617,013 685,570 822,684 1,028,355 1,234,026 1,371,140 2,056,710 2,468,052 3,085,065 4,113,420 6,170,130 and 12,340,260, with no remainder.

Since 12,340,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,340,260, 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).