Q: Is 12,342,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,342,408 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 12,342,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 17 24 26 34 39 51 52 68 78 102 104 136 156 169 179 204 221 312 338 358 408 442 507 537 663 676 716 884 1,014 1,074 1,326 1,352 1,432 1,768 2,028 2,148 2,327 2,652 2,873 3,043 4,056 4,296 4,654 5,304 5,746 6,086 6,981 8,619 9,129 9,308 11,492 12,172 13,962 17,238 18,258 18,616 22,984 24,344 27,924 30,251 34,476 36,516 39,559 55,848 60,502 68,952 73,032 79,118 90,753 118,677 121,004 158,236 181,506 237,354 242,008 316,472 363,012 474,708 514,267 726,024 949,416 1,028,534 1,542,801 2,057,068 3,085,602 4,114,136 6,171,204 and 12,342,408, with no remainder.

Since 12,342,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,342,408, 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).