Q: Is 12,444,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,444,880 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 12,444,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 80 112 140 142 280 284 313 355 497 560 568 626 710 994 1,136 1,252 1,420 1,565 1,988 2,191 2,485 2,504 2,840 3,130 3,976 4,382 4,970 5,008 5,680 6,260 7,952 8,764 9,940 10,955 12,520 17,528 19,880 21,910 22,223 25,040 35,056 39,760 43,820 44,446 87,640 88,892 111,115 155,561 175,280 177,784 222,230 311,122 355,568 444,460 622,244 777,805 888,920 1,244,488 1,555,610 1,777,840 2,488,976 3,111,220 6,222,440 and 12,444,880, with no remainder.

Since 12,444,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,444,880, 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).