Q: Is 12,637,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,637,040 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 12,637,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 29 40 52 58 65 80 104 116 130 145 208 232 260 290 377 419 464 520 580 754 838 1,040 1,160 1,508 1,676 1,885 2,095 2,320 3,016 3,352 3,770 4,190 5,447 6,032 6,704 7,540 8,380 10,894 12,151 15,080 16,760 21,788 24,302 27,235 30,160 33,520 43,576 48,604 54,470 60,755 87,152 97,208 108,940 121,510 157,963 194,416 217,880 243,020 315,926 435,760 486,040 631,852 789,815 972,080 1,263,704 1,579,630 2,527,408 3,159,260 6,318,520 and 12,637,040, with no remainder.

Since 12,637,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,637,040, 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).