Q: Is 12,493,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,493,800 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 12,493,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 24 25 30 33 36 40 44 45 50 55 60 66 72 75 88 90 99 100 110 120 132 150 165 180 198 200 220 225 264 275 300 330 360 396 440 450 495 550 600 631 660 792 825 900 990 1,100 1,262 1,320 1,650 1,800 1,893 1,980 2,200 2,475 2,524 3,155 3,300 3,786 3,960 4,950 5,048 5,679 6,310 6,600 6,941 7,572 9,465 9,900 11,358 12,620 13,882 15,144 15,775 18,930 19,800 20,823 22,716 25,240 27,764 28,395 31,550 34,705 37,860 41,646 45,432 47,325 55,528 56,790 62,469 63,100 69,410 75,720 83,292 94,650 104,115 113,580 124,938 126,200 138,820 141,975 166,584 173,525 189,300 208,230 227,160 249,876 277,640 283,950 312,345 347,050 378,600 416,460 499,752 520,575 567,900 624,690 694,100 832,920 1,041,150 1,135,800 1,249,380 1,388,200 1,561,725 2,082,300 2,498,760 3,123,450 4,164,600 6,246,900 and 12,493,800, with no remainder.

Since 12,493,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,493,800, 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).