Q: Is 12,415,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,415,440 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 12,415,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 102 120 136 170 179 204 240 255 272 289 340 358 408 510 537 578 680 716 816 867 895 1,020 1,074 1,156 1,360 1,432 1,445 1,734 1,790 2,040 2,148 2,312 2,685 2,864 2,890 3,043 3,468 3,580 4,080 4,296 4,335 4,624 5,370 5,780 6,086 6,936 7,160 8,592 8,670 9,129 10,740 11,560 12,172 13,872 14,320 15,215 17,340 18,258 21,480 23,120 24,344 30,430 34,680 36,516 42,960 45,645 48,688 51,731 60,860 69,360 73,032 91,290 103,462 121,720 146,064 155,193 182,580 206,924 243,440 258,655 310,386 365,160 413,848 517,310 620,772 730,320 775,965 827,696 1,034,620 1,241,544 1,551,930 2,069,240 2,483,088 3,103,860 4,138,480 6,207,720 and 12,415,440, with no remainder.

Since 12,415,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,415,440, 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).