Q: Is 12,487,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,487,392 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 12,487,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 96 97 108 144 149 194 216 288 291 298 388 432 447 582 596 776 864 873 894 1,164 1,192 1,341 1,552 1,746 1,788 2,328 2,384 2,619 2,682 3,104 3,492 3,576 4,023 4,656 4,768 5,238 5,364 6,984 7,152 8,046 9,312 10,476 10,728 13,968 14,304 14,453 16,092 20,952 21,456 27,936 28,906 32,184 41,904 42,912 43,359 57,812 64,368 83,808 86,718 115,624 128,736 130,077 173,436 231,248 260,154 346,872 390,231 462,496 520,308 693,744 780,462 1,040,616 1,387,488 1,560,924 2,081,232 3,121,848 4,162,464 6,243,696 and 12,487,392, with no remainder.

Since 12,487,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,487,392, 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).