Q: Is 12,496,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,496,960 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 12,496,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 49 56 64 70 80 98 112 140 160 196 224 245 280 320 392 448 490 560 784 797 980 1,120 1,568 1,594 1,960 2,240 3,136 3,188 3,920 3,985 5,579 6,376 7,840 7,970 11,158 12,752 15,680 15,940 22,316 25,504 27,895 31,880 39,053 44,632 51,008 55,790 63,760 78,106 89,264 111,580 127,520 156,212 178,528 195,265 223,160 255,040 312,424 357,056 390,530 446,320 624,848 781,060 892,640 1,249,696 1,562,120 1,785,280 2,499,392 3,124,240 6,248,480 and 12,496,960, with no remainder.

Since 12,496,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,496,960, 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).