Q: Is 12,616,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,616,240 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 12,616,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 80 91 104 112 130 140 182 208 260 280 364 455 520 560 728 910 1,040 1,456 1,733 1,820 3,466 3,640 6,932 7,280 8,665 12,131 13,864 17,330 22,529 24,262 27,728 34,660 45,058 48,524 60,655 69,320 90,116 97,048 112,645 121,310 138,640 157,703 180,232 194,096 225,290 242,620 315,406 360,464 450,580 485,240 630,812 788,515 901,160 970,480 1,261,624 1,577,030 1,802,320 2,523,248 3,154,060 6,308,120 and 12,616,240, with no remainder.

Since 12,616,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,616,240, 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).