Q: Is 12,740,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,740,160 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 12,740,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 64 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 192 230 240 276 320 345 368 460 480 552 577 690 736 920 960 1,104 1,154 1,380 1,472 1,731 1,840 2,208 2,308 2,760 2,885 3,462 3,680 4,416 4,616 5,520 5,770 6,924 7,360 8,655 9,232 11,040 11,540 13,271 13,848 17,310 18,464 22,080 23,080 26,542 27,696 34,620 36,928 39,813 46,160 53,084 55,392 66,355 69,240 79,626 92,320 106,168 110,784 132,710 138,480 159,252 184,640 199,065 212,336 265,420 276,960 318,504 398,130 424,672 530,840 553,920 637,008 796,260 849,344 1,061,680 1,274,016 1,592,520 2,123,360 2,548,032 3,185,040 4,246,720 6,370,080 and 12,740,160, with no remainder.

Since 12,740,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,740,160, 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).