Q: Is 12,474,495 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,474,495 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 12,474,495 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 11 15 29 33 45 55 79 87 99 121 145 165 237 261 319 363 395 435 495 605 711 869 957 1,089 1,185 1,305 1,595 1,815 2,291 2,607 2,871 3,509 3,555 4,345 4,785 5,445 6,873 7,821 9,559 10,527 11,455 13,035 14,355 17,545 20,619 25,201 28,677 31,581 34,365 39,105 47,795 52,635 75,603 86,031 103,095 126,005 143,385 157,905 226,809 277,211 378,015 430,155 831,633 1,134,045 1,386,055 2,494,899 4,158,165 and 12,474,495, with no remainder.

Since 12,474,495 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,474,495, 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).