Q: Is 12,620,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,620,120 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 12,620,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 67 68 85 134 136 170 268 277 335 340 536 554 670 680 1,108 1,139 1,340 1,385 2,216 2,278 2,680 2,770 4,556 4,709 5,540 5,695 9,112 9,418 11,080 11,390 18,559 18,836 22,780 23,545 37,118 37,672 45,560 47,090 74,236 92,795 94,180 148,472 185,590 188,360 315,503 371,180 631,006 742,360 1,262,012 1,577,515 2,524,024 3,155,030 6,310,060 and 12,620,120, with no remainder.

Since 12,620,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,620,120, 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).