Q: Is 12,811,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,811,008 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 12,811,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 336 384 448 672 768 896 1,344 1,792 2,383 2,688 4,766 5,376 7,149 9,532 14,298 16,681 19,064 28,596 33,362 38,128 50,043 57,192 66,724 76,256 100,086 114,384 133,448 152,512 200,172 228,768 266,896 305,024 400,344 457,536 533,792 610,048 800,688 915,072 1,067,584 1,601,376 1,830,144 2,135,168 3,202,752 4,270,336 6,405,504 and 12,811,008, with no remainder.

Since 12,811,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,811,008, 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).