Q: Is 12,522,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,522,120 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 12,522,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 23 24 26 30 39 40 46 52 60 65 69 78 92 104 115 120 130 138 156 184 195 230 260 276 299 312 345 349 390 460 520 552 598 690 698 780 897 920 1,047 1,196 1,380 1,396 1,495 1,560 1,745 1,794 2,094 2,392 2,760 2,792 2,990 3,490 3,588 4,188 4,485 4,537 5,235 5,980 6,980 7,176 8,027 8,376 8,970 9,074 10,470 11,960 13,611 13,960 16,054 17,940 18,148 20,940 22,685 24,081 27,222 32,108 35,880 36,296 40,135 41,880 45,370 48,162 54,444 64,216 68,055 80,270 90,740 96,324 104,351 108,888 120,405 136,110 160,540 181,480 192,648 208,702 240,810 272,220 313,053 321,080 417,404 481,620 521,755 544,440 626,106 834,808 963,240 1,043,510 1,252,212 1,565,265 2,087,020 2,504,424 3,130,530 4,174,040 6,261,060 and 12,522,120, with no remainder.

Since 12,522,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,522,120, 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).