Q: Is 12,704,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,704,040 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 12,704,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 243 270 324 360 405 486 540 648 810 972 1,080 1,215 1,307 1,620 1,944 2,430 2,614 3,240 3,921 4,860 5,228 6,535 7,842 9,720 10,456 11,763 13,070 15,684 19,605 23,526 26,140 31,368 35,289 39,210 47,052 52,280 58,815 70,578 78,420 94,104 105,867 117,630 141,156 156,840 176,445 211,734 235,260 282,312 317,601 352,890 423,468 470,520 529,335 635,202 705,780 846,936 1,058,670 1,270,404 1,411,560 1,588,005 2,117,340 2,540,808 3,176,010 4,234,680 6,352,020 and 12,704,040, with no remainder.

Since 12,704,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,704,040, 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).