Q: Is 12,674,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,674,816 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 12,674,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 64 77 88 112 128 154 176 224 256 308 352 448 616 643 704 896 1,232 1,286 1,408 1,792 2,464 2,572 2,816 4,501 4,928 5,144 7,073 9,002 9,856 10,288 14,146 18,004 19,712 20,576 28,292 36,008 41,152 49,511 56,584 72,016 82,304 99,022 113,168 144,032 164,608 198,044 226,336 288,064 396,088 452,672 576,128 792,176 905,344 1,152,256 1,584,352 1,810,688 3,168,704 6,337,408 and 12,674,816, with no remainder.

Since 12,674,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,674,816, 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).