Q: Is 12,488,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,488,472 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 12,488,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 19 24 27 34 36 38 51 54 57 68 72 76 102 108 114 136 152 153 171 179 204 216 228 306 323 342 358 408 456 459 513 537 612 646 684 716 918 969 1,026 1,074 1,224 1,292 1,368 1,432 1,611 1,836 1,938 2,052 2,148 2,584 2,907 3,043 3,222 3,401 3,672 3,876 4,104 4,296 4,833 5,814 6,086 6,444 6,802 7,752 8,721 9,129 9,666 10,203 11,628 12,172 12,888 13,604 17,442 18,258 19,332 20,406 23,256 24,344 27,208 27,387 30,609 34,884 36,516 38,664 40,812 54,774 57,817 61,218 69,768 73,032 81,624 82,161 91,827 109,548 115,634 122,436 164,322 173,451 183,654 219,096 231,268 244,872 328,644 346,902 367,308 462,536 520,353 657,288 693,804 734,616 1,040,706 1,387,608 1,561,059 2,081,412 3,122,118 4,162,824 6,244,236 and 12,488,472, with no remainder.

Since 12,488,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,488,472, 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).