Q: Is 12,368,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,368,112 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 12,368,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 34 46 48 51 68 69 92 102 136 138 184 204 272 276 368 391 408 552 659 782 816 1,104 1,173 1,318 1,564 1,977 2,346 2,636 3,128 3,954 4,692 5,272 6,256 7,908 9,384 10,544 11,203 15,157 15,816 18,768 22,406 30,314 31,632 33,609 44,812 45,471 60,628 67,218 89,624 90,942 121,256 134,436 179,248 181,884 242,512 257,669 268,872 363,768 515,338 537,744 727,536 773,007 1,030,676 1,546,014 2,061,352 3,092,028 4,122,704 6,184,056 and 12,368,112, with no remainder.

Since 12,368,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,368,112, 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).