Q: Is 12,525,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,525,216 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 12,525,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 29 32 33 44 48 58 66 87 88 96 116 132 174 176 232 264 319 348 352 409 464 528 638 696 818 928 957 1,056 1,227 1,276 1,392 1,636 1,914 2,454 2,552 2,784 3,272 3,828 4,499 4,908 5,104 6,544 7,656 8,998 9,816 10,208 11,861 13,088 13,497 15,312 17,996 19,632 23,722 26,994 30,624 35,583 35,992 39,264 47,444 53,988 71,166 71,984 94,888 107,976 130,471 142,332 143,968 189,776 215,952 260,942 284,664 379,552 391,413 431,904 521,884 569,328 782,826 1,043,768 1,138,656 1,565,652 2,087,536 3,131,304 4,175,072 6,262,608 and 12,525,216, with no remainder.

Since 12,525,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,525,216, 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).