Q: Is 12,602,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,602,688 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 12,602,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 168 192 224 336 448 672 1,344 9,377 18,754 28,131 37,508 56,262 65,639 75,016 112,524 131,278 150,032 196,917 225,048 262,556 300,064 393,834 450,096 525,112 600,128 787,668 900,192 1,050,224 1,575,336 1,800,384 2,100,448 3,150,672 4,200,896 6,301,344 and 12,602,688, with no remainder.

Since 12,602,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,602,688, 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).