Q: Is 12,810,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,810,672 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 12,810,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 71 72 84 112 126 142 144 168 179 213 252 284 336 358 426 497 504 537 568 639 716 852 994 1,008 1,074 1,136 1,253 1,278 1,432 1,491 1,611 1,704 1,988 2,148 2,506 2,556 2,864 2,982 3,222 3,408 3,759 3,976 4,296 4,473 5,012 5,112 5,964 6,444 7,518 7,952 8,592 8,946 10,024 10,224 11,277 11,928 12,709 12,888 15,036 17,892 20,048 22,554 23,856 25,418 25,776 30,072 35,784 38,127 45,108 50,836 60,144 71,568 76,254 88,963 90,216 101,672 114,381 152,508 177,926 180,432 203,344 228,762 266,889 305,016 355,852 457,524 533,778 610,032 711,704 800,667 915,048 1,067,556 1,423,408 1,601,334 1,830,096 2,135,112 3,202,668 4,270,224 6,405,336 and 12,810,672, with no remainder.

Since 12,810,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,810,672, 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).