Q: Is 12,761,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,761,472 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 12,761,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 167 192 199 334 384 398 501 597 668 796 1,002 1,194 1,336 1,592 2,004 2,388 2,672 3,184 4,008 4,776 5,344 6,368 8,016 9,552 10,688 12,736 16,032 19,104 21,376 25,472 32,064 33,233 38,208 64,128 66,466 76,416 99,699 132,932 199,398 265,864 398,796 531,728 797,592 1,063,456 1,595,184 2,126,912 3,190,368 4,253,824 6,380,736 and 12,761,472, with no remainder.

Since 12,761,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,761,472, 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).