Q: Is 12,693,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,693,960 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 12,693,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 37 40 45 60 72 74 90 111 120 148 180 185 222 296 333 360 370 444 555 666 740 888 953 1,110 1,332 1,480 1,665 1,906 2,220 2,664 2,859 3,330 3,812 4,440 4,765 5,718 6,660 7,624 8,577 9,530 11,436 13,320 14,295 17,154 19,060 22,872 28,590 34,308 35,261 38,120 42,885 57,180 68,616 70,522 85,770 105,783 114,360 141,044 171,540 176,305 211,566 282,088 317,349 343,080 352,610 423,132 528,915 634,698 705,220 846,264 1,057,830 1,269,396 1,410,440 1,586,745 2,115,660 2,538,792 3,173,490 4,231,320 6,346,980 and 12,693,960, with no remainder.

Since 12,693,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,693,960, 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).