Q: Is 12,744,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,744,864 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 12,744,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 96 99 108 132 144 149 162 176 198 216 243 264 288 297 298 324 352 396 432 447 486 528 594 596 648 792 864 891 894 972 1,056 1,188 1,192 1,296 1,341 1,584 1,639 1,782 1,788 1,944 2,376 2,384 2,592 2,673 2,682 3,168 3,278 3,564 3,576 3,888 4,023 4,752 4,768 4,917 5,346 5,364 6,556 7,128 7,152 7,776 8,046 9,504 9,834 10,692 10,728 12,069 13,112 14,256 14,304 14,751 16,092 19,668 21,384 21,456 24,138 26,224 28,512 29,502 32,184 36,207 39,336 42,768 42,912 44,253 48,276 52,448 59,004 64,368 72,414 78,672 85,536 88,506 96,552 118,008 128,736 132,759 144,828 157,344 177,012 193,104 236,016 265,518 289,656 354,024 386,208 398,277 472,032 531,036 579,312 708,048 796,554 1,062,072 1,158,624 1,416,096 1,593,108 2,124,144 3,186,216 4,248,288 6,372,432 and 12,744,864, with no remainder.

Since 12,744,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,744,864, 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).