Q: Is 12,474,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,474,864 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 12,474,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 67 72 108 134 144 201 216 268 402 431 432 536 603 804 862 1,072 1,206 1,293 1,608 1,724 1,809 2,412 2,586 3,216 3,448 3,618 3,879 4,824 5,172 6,896 7,236 7,758 9,648 10,344 11,637 14,472 15,516 20,688 23,274 28,877 28,944 31,032 46,548 57,754 62,064 86,631 93,096 115,508 173,262 186,192 231,016 259,893 346,524 462,032 519,786 693,048 779,679 1,039,572 1,386,096 1,559,358 2,079,144 3,118,716 4,158,288 6,237,432 and 12,474,864, with no remainder.

Since 12,474,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,474,864, 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).