Q: Is 12,716,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,716,472 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 12,716,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 79 114 152 158 228 237 316 353 456 474 632 706 948 1,059 1,412 1,501 1,896 2,118 2,824 3,002 4,236 4,503 6,004 6,707 8,472 9,006 12,008 13,414 18,012 20,121 26,828 27,887 36,024 40,242 53,656 55,774 80,484 83,661 111,548 160,968 167,322 223,096 334,644 529,853 669,288 1,059,706 1,589,559 2,119,412 3,179,118 4,238,824 6,358,236 and 12,716,472, with no remainder.

Since 12,716,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,716,472, 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).