Q: Is 12,737,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,737,520 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 12,737,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 108 120 135 144 180 216 240 270 360 432 540 720 1,080 2,160 5,897 11,794 17,691 23,588 29,485 35,382 47,176 53,073 58,970 70,764 88,455 94,352 106,146 117,940 141,528 159,219 176,910 212,292 235,880 265,365 283,056 318,438 353,820 424,584 471,760 530,730 636,876 707,640 796,095 849,168 1,061,460 1,273,752 1,415,280 1,592,190 2,122,920 2,547,504 3,184,380 4,245,840 6,368,760 and 12,737,520, with no remainder.

Since 12,737,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,737,520, 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).