Q: Is 12,531,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,531,012 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 12,531,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 37 39 52 74 78 111 148 156 167 169 222 334 338 444 481 501 507 668 676 962 1,002 1,014 1,443 1,924 2,004 2,028 2,171 2,886 4,342 5,772 6,179 6,253 6,513 8,684 12,358 12,506 13,026 18,537 18,759 24,716 25,012 26,052 28,223 37,074 37,518 56,446 74,148 75,036 80,327 84,669 112,892 160,654 169,338 240,981 321,308 338,676 481,962 963,924 1,044,251 2,088,502 3,132,753 4,177,004 6,265,506 and 12,531,012, with no remainder.

Since 12,531,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,531,012, 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).