Q: Is 12,674,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,674,740 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 12,674,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 29 41 52 58 65 82 116 130 145 164 205 260 290 377 410 533 580 754 820 1,066 1,189 1,508 1,681 1,885 2,132 2,378 2,665 3,362 3,770 4,756 5,330 5,945 6,724 7,540 8,405 10,660 11,890 15,457 16,810 21,853 23,780 30,914 33,620 43,706 48,749 61,828 77,285 87,412 97,498 109,265 154,570 194,996 218,530 243,745 309,140 437,060 487,490 633,737 974,980 1,267,474 2,534,948 3,168,685 6,337,370 and 12,674,740, with no remainder.

Since 12,674,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,674,740, 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).