Q: Is 12,779,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,779,200 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 12,779,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 32 35 40 49 50 56 64 70 80 98 100 112 140 160 163 175 196 200 224 245 280 320 326 350 392 400 448 490 560 652 700 784 800 815 980 1,120 1,141 1,225 1,304 1,400 1,568 1,600 1,630 1,960 2,240 2,282 2,450 2,608 2,800 3,136 3,260 3,920 4,075 4,564 4,900 5,216 5,600 5,705 6,520 7,840 7,987 8,150 9,128 9,800 10,432 11,200 11,410 13,040 15,680 15,974 16,300 18,256 19,600 22,820 26,080 28,525 31,948 32,600 36,512 39,200 39,935 45,640 52,160 57,050 63,896 65,200 73,024 78,400 79,870 91,280 114,100 127,792 130,400 159,740 182,560 199,675 228,200 255,584 260,800 319,480 365,120 399,350 456,400 511,168 638,960 798,700 912,800 1,277,920 1,597,400 1,825,600 2,555,840 3,194,800 6,389,600 and 12,779,200, with no remainder.

Since 12,779,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,779,200, 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).