Q: Is 12,825,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,825,720 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 12,825,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 60 69 72 90 92 115 120 138 180 184 207 230 276 345 360 414 460 552 690 828 920 1,035 1,380 1,549 1,656 2,070 2,760 3,098 4,140 4,647 6,196 7,745 8,280 9,294 12,392 13,941 15,490 18,588 23,235 27,882 30,980 35,627 37,176 46,470 55,764 61,960 69,705 71,254 92,940 106,881 111,528 139,410 142,508 178,135 185,880 213,762 278,820 285,016 320,643 356,270 427,524 534,405 557,640 641,286 712,540 855,048 1,068,810 1,282,572 1,425,080 1,603,215 2,137,620 2,565,144 3,206,430 4,275,240 6,412,860 and 12,825,720, with no remainder.

Since 12,825,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,825,720, 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).