Q: Is 12,438,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,438,800 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 12,438,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 25 40 44 50 55 80 88 100 110 121 176 200 220 242 257 275 400 440 484 514 550 605 880 968 1,028 1,100 1,210 1,285 1,936 2,056 2,200 2,420 2,570 2,827 3,025 4,112 4,400 4,840 5,140 5,654 6,050 6,425 9,680 10,280 11,308 12,100 12,850 14,135 20,560 22,616 24,200 25,700 28,270 31,097 45,232 48,400 51,400 56,540 62,194 70,675 102,800 113,080 124,388 141,350 155,485 226,160 248,776 282,700 310,970 497,552 565,400 621,940 777,425 1,130,800 1,243,880 1,554,850 2,487,760 3,109,700 6,219,400 and 12,438,800, with no remainder.

Since 12,438,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,438,800, 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).