Q: Is 12,484,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,484,608 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 12,484,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 127 128 192 254 256 381 384 508 512 762 768 1,016 1,024 1,524 1,536 2,032 2,048 3,048 3,072 4,064 4,096 6,096 6,144 8,128 8,192 12,192 12,288 16,256 16,384 24,384 24,576 32,512 32,768 48,768 49,152 65,024 97,536 98,304 130,048 195,072 260,096 390,144 520,192 780,288 1,040,384 1,560,576 2,080,768 3,121,152 4,161,536 6,242,304 and 12,484,608, with no remainder.

Since 12,484,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,484,608, 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).