Q: Is 12,493,470 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,493,470 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 12,493,470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 17 22 30 33 34 51 55 66 85 102 110 131 165 170 187 255 262 289 330 374 393 510 561 578 655 786 867 935 1,122 1,310 1,441 1,445 1,734 1,870 1,965 2,227 2,805 2,882 2,890 3,179 3,930 4,323 4,335 4,454 5,610 6,358 6,681 7,205 8,646 8,670 9,537 11,135 13,362 14,410 15,895 19,074 21,615 22,270 24,497 31,790 33,405 37,859 43,230 47,685 48,994 66,810 73,491 75,718 95,370 113,577 122,485 146,982 189,295 227,154 244,970 367,455 378,590 416,449 567,885 734,910 832,898 1,135,770 1,249,347 2,082,245 2,498,694 4,164,490 6,246,735 and 12,493,470, with no remainder.

Since 12,493,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,493,470, 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).