Q: Is 12,368,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,368,616 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 12,368,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 29 39 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 174 232 312 348 377 696 754 1,131 1,367 1,508 2,262 2,734 3,016 4,101 4,524 5,468 8,202 9,048 10,936 16,404 17,771 32,808 35,542 39,643 53,313 71,084 79,286 106,626 118,929 142,168 158,572 213,252 237,858 317,144 426,504 475,716 515,359 951,432 1,030,718 1,546,077 2,061,436 3,092,154 4,122,872 6,184,308 and 12,368,616, with no remainder.

Since 12,368,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,368,616, 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).