Q: Is 12,431,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,431,016 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 12,431,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 27 36 38 39 52 54 57 72 76 78 104 108 114 117 152 156 171 216 228 233 234 247 312 342 351 456 466 468 494 513 684 699 702 741 932 936 988 1,026 1,368 1,398 1,404 1,482 1,864 1,976 2,052 2,097 2,223 2,796 2,808 2,964 3,029 4,104 4,194 4,427 4,446 5,592 5,928 6,058 6,291 6,669 8,388 8,854 8,892 9,087 12,116 12,582 13,281 13,338 16,776 17,708 17,784 18,174 24,232 25,164 26,562 26,676 27,261 35,416 36,348 39,843 50,328 53,124 53,352 54,522 57,551 72,696 79,686 81,783 106,248 109,044 115,102 119,529 159,372 163,566 172,653 218,088 230,204 239,058 318,744 327,132 345,306 460,408 478,116 517,959 654,264 690,612 956,232 1,035,918 1,381,224 1,553,877 2,071,836 3,107,754 4,143,672 6,215,508 and 12,431,016, with no remainder.

Since 12,431,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,431,016, 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).