Q: Is 12,444,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,444,240 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 12,444,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 2,280 2,729 4,560 5,458 8,187 10,916 13,645 16,374 21,832 27,290 32,748 40,935 43,664 51,851 54,580 65,496 81,870 103,702 109,160 130,992 155,553 163,740 207,404 218,320 259,255 311,106 327,480 414,808 518,510 622,212 654,960 777,765 829,616 1,037,020 1,244,424 1,555,530 2,074,040 2,488,848 3,111,060 4,148,080 6,222,120 and 12,444,240, with no remainder.

Since 12,444,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,444,240, 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).