Q: Is 12,731,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,731,232 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 12,731,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 29 32 34 48 51 58 68 87 96 102 116 136 174 204 232 269 272 348 408 464 493 538 544 696 807 816 928 986 1,076 1,392 1,479 1,614 1,632 1,972 2,152 2,784 2,958 3,228 3,944 4,304 4,573 5,916 6,456 7,801 7,888 8,608 9,146 11,832 12,912 13,719 15,602 15,776 18,292 23,403 23,664 25,824 27,438 31,204 36,584 46,806 47,328 54,876 62,408 73,168 93,612 109,752 124,816 132,617 146,336 187,224 219,504 249,632 265,234 374,448 397,851 439,008 530,468 748,896 795,702 1,060,936 1,591,404 2,121,872 3,182,808 4,243,744 6,365,616 and 12,731,232, with no remainder.

Since 12,731,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,731,232, 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).