Q: Is 12,624,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,624,744 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 12,624,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 24 29 33 34 44 51 58 66 68 87 88 97 102 116 132 136 174 187 194 204 232 264 291 319 348 374 388 408 493 561 582 638 696 748 776 957 986 1,067 1,122 1,164 1,276 1,479 1,496 1,649 1,914 1,972 2,134 2,244 2,328 2,552 2,813 2,958 3,201 3,298 3,828 3,944 4,268 4,488 4,947 5,423 5,626 5,916 6,402 6,596 7,656 8,439 8,536 9,894 10,846 11,252 11,832 12,804 13,192 16,269 16,878 18,139 19,788 21,692 22,504 25,608 30,943 32,538 33,756 36,278 39,576 43,384 47,821 54,417 61,886 65,076 67,512 72,556 92,829 95,642 108,834 123,772 130,152 143,463 145,112 185,658 191,284 217,668 247,544 286,926 371,316 382,568 435,336 526,031 573,852 742,632 1,052,062 1,147,704 1,578,093 2,104,124 3,156,186 4,208,248 6,312,372 and 12,624,744, with no remainder.

Since 12,624,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,624,744, 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).