Q: Is 12,423,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,423,216 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 12,423,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 43 48 52 78 86 104 129 156 172 208 258 312 344 463 516 559 624 688 926 1,032 1,118 1,389 1,677 1,852 2,064 2,236 2,778 3,354 3,704 4,472 5,556 6,019 6,708 7,408 8,944 11,112 12,038 13,416 18,057 19,909 22,224 24,076 26,832 36,114 39,818 48,152 59,727 72,228 79,636 96,304 119,454 144,456 159,272 238,908 258,817 288,912 318,544 477,816 517,634 776,451 955,632 1,035,268 1,552,902 2,070,536 3,105,804 4,141,072 6,211,608 and 12,423,216, with no remainder.

Since 12,423,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,423,216, 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).