Q: Is 12,343,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,343,464 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 12,343,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 84 114 126 133 152 168 171 228 252 266 342 399 456 504 532 684 798 1,064 1,197 1,289 1,368 1,596 2,394 2,578 3,192 3,867 4,788 5,156 7,734 9,023 9,576 10,312 11,601 15,468 18,046 23,202 24,491 27,069 30,936 36,092 46,404 48,982 54,138 72,184 73,473 81,207 92,808 97,964 108,276 146,946 162,414 171,437 195,928 216,552 220,419 293,892 324,828 342,874 440,838 514,311 587,784 649,656 685,748 881,676 1,028,622 1,371,496 1,542,933 1,763,352 2,057,244 3,085,866 4,114,488 6,171,732 and 12,343,464, with no remainder.

Since 12,343,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,343,464, 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).