Q: Is 12,446,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,446,748 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 12,446,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 31 36 38 57 62 76 93 114 124 171 186 228 279 342 372 558 587 589 684 1,116 1,174 1,178 1,761 1,767 2,348 2,356 3,522 3,534 5,283 5,301 7,044 7,068 10,566 10,602 11,153 18,197 21,132 21,204 22,306 33,459 36,394 44,612 54,591 66,918 72,788 100,377 109,182 133,836 163,773 200,754 218,364 327,546 345,743 401,508 655,092 691,486 1,037,229 1,382,972 2,074,458 3,111,687 4,148,916 6,223,374 and 12,446,748, with no remainder.

Since 12,446,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,446,748, 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).