Q: Is 12,372,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,372,624 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 12,372,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 73 88 99 107 132 144 146 176 198 214 219 264 292 321 396 428 438 528 584 642 657 792 803 856 876 963 1,168 1,177 1,284 1,314 1,584 1,606 1,712 1,752 1,926 2,354 2,409 2,568 2,628 3,212 3,504 3,531 3,852 4,708 4,818 5,136 5,256 6,424 7,062 7,227 7,704 7,811 9,416 9,636 10,512 10,593 12,848 14,124 14,454 15,408 15,622 18,832 19,272 21,186 23,433 28,248 28,908 31,244 38,544 42,372 46,866 56,496 57,816 62,488 70,299 84,744 85,921 93,732 115,632 124,976 140,598 169,488 171,842 187,464 257,763 281,196 343,684 374,928 515,526 562,392 687,368 773,289 1,031,052 1,124,784 1,374,736 1,546,578 2,062,104 3,093,156 4,124,208 6,186,312 and 12,372,624, with no remainder.

Since 12,372,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,372,624, 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).