Q: Is 12,432,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,432,240 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 12,432,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 48 60 62 72 80 90 93 120 124 144 155 180 186 240 248 279 310 360 372 465 496 557 558 620 720 744 930 1,114 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,488 1,671 1,860 2,228 2,232 2,480 2,785 2,790 3,342 3,720 4,456 4,464 5,013 5,570 5,580 6,684 7,440 8,355 8,912 10,026 11,140 11,160 13,368 16,710 17,267 20,052 22,280 22,320 25,065 26,736 33,420 34,534 40,104 44,560 50,130 51,801 66,840 69,068 80,208 86,335 100,260 103,602 133,680 138,136 155,403 172,670 200,520 207,204 259,005 276,272 310,806 345,340 401,040 414,408 518,010 621,612 690,680 777,015 828,816 1,036,020 1,243,224 1,381,360 1,554,030 2,072,040 2,486,448 3,108,060 4,144,080 6,216,120 and 12,432,240, with no remainder.

Since 12,432,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,432,240, 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).