Q: Is 12,483,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,483,408 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 12,483,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 53 56 84 106 112 159 168 212 318 336 371 424 636 701 742 848 1,113 1,272 1,402 1,484 2,103 2,226 2,544 2,804 2,968 4,206 4,452 4,907 5,608 5,936 8,412 8,904 9,814 11,216 14,721 16,824 17,808 19,628 29,442 33,648 37,153 39,256 58,884 74,306 78,512 111,459 117,768 148,612 222,918 235,536 260,071 297,224 445,836 520,142 594,448 780,213 891,672 1,040,284 1,560,426 1,783,344 2,080,568 3,120,852 4,161,136 6,241,704 and 12,483,408, with no remainder.

Since 12,483,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,483,408, 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).