Q: Is 12,504,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,504,336 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 12,504,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 39 48 52 58 78 87 104 116 156 174 208 232 312 348 377 464 624 691 696 754 1,131 1,382 1,392 1,508 2,073 2,262 2,764 3,016 4,146 4,524 5,528 6,032 8,292 8,983 9,048 11,056 16,584 17,966 18,096 20,039 26,949 33,168 35,932 40,078 53,898 60,117 71,864 80,156 107,796 120,234 143,728 160,312 215,592 240,468 260,507 320,624 431,184 480,936 521,014 781,521 961,872 1,042,028 1,563,042 2,084,056 3,126,084 4,168,112 6,252,168 and 12,504,336, with no remainder.

Since 12,504,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,504,336, 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).