Q: Is 12,343,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,343,560 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 12,343,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 29 30 40 58 60 87 116 120 145 174 232 290 348 435 580 696 870 1,160 1,740 3,480 3,547 7,094 10,641 14,188 17,735 21,282 28,376 35,470 42,564 53,205 70,940 85,128 102,863 106,410 141,880 205,726 212,820 308,589 411,452 425,640 514,315 617,178 822,904 1,028,630 1,234,356 1,542,945 2,057,260 2,468,712 3,085,890 4,114,520 6,171,780 and 12,343,560, with no remainder.

Since 12,343,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,343,560, 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).