Q: Is 12,460,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,460,572 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 12,460,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 36 46 69 92 101 138 149 202 207 276 298 303 404 414 447 596 606 828 894 909 1,212 1,341 1,788 1,818 2,323 2,682 3,427 3,636 4,646 5,364 6,854 6,969 9,292 10,281 13,708 13,938 15,049 20,562 20,907 27,876 30,098 30,843 41,124 41,814 45,147 60,196 61,686 83,628 90,294 123,372 135,441 180,588 270,882 346,127 541,764 692,254 1,038,381 1,384,508 2,076,762 3,115,143 4,153,524 6,230,286 and 12,460,572, with no remainder.

Since 12,460,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,460,572, 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).