Q: Is 12,412,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,412,464 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 12,412,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 37 48 58 74 87 111 116 148 174 222 232 241 296 348 444 464 482 592 696 723 888 964 1,073 1,392 1,446 1,776 1,928 2,146 2,892 3,219 3,856 4,292 5,784 6,438 6,989 8,584 8,917 11,568 12,876 13,978 17,168 17,834 20,967 25,752 26,751 27,956 35,668 41,934 51,504 53,502 55,912 71,336 83,868 107,004 111,824 142,672 167,736 214,008 258,593 335,472 428,016 517,186 775,779 1,034,372 1,551,558 2,068,744 3,103,116 4,137,488 6,206,232 and 12,412,464, with no remainder.

Since 12,412,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,412,464, 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).