Q: Is 12,563,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,563,520 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 12,563,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 64 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 192 230 240 276 320 345 368 460 480 552 569 690 736 920 960 1,104 1,138 1,380 1,472 1,707 1,840 2,208 2,276 2,760 2,845 3,414 3,680 4,416 4,552 5,520 5,690 6,828 7,360 8,535 9,104 11,040 11,380 13,087 13,656 17,070 18,208 22,080 22,760 26,174 27,312 34,140 36,416 39,261 45,520 52,348 54,624 65,435 68,280 78,522 91,040 104,696 109,248 130,870 136,560 157,044 182,080 196,305 209,392 261,740 273,120 314,088 392,610 418,784 523,480 546,240 628,176 785,220 837,568 1,046,960 1,256,352 1,570,440 2,093,920 2,512,704 3,140,880 4,187,840 6,281,760 and 12,563,520, with no remainder.

Since 12,563,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,563,520, 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).