Q: Is 12,393,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,393,072 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 12,393,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 89 144 178 267 356 534 712 801 967 1,068 1,424 1,602 1,934 2,136 2,901 3,204 3,868 4,272 5,802 6,408 7,736 8,703 11,604 12,816 15,472 17,406 23,208 34,812 46,416 69,624 86,063 139,248 172,126 258,189 344,252 516,378 688,504 774,567 1,032,756 1,377,008 1,549,134 2,065,512 3,098,268 4,131,024 6,196,536 and 12,393,072, with no remainder.

Since 12,393,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,393,072, 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).