Q: Is 12,940,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,940,128 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 12,940,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 96 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 288 306 408 432 459 544 612 816 864 881 918 1,224 1,632 1,762 1,836 2,448 2,643 3,524 3,672 4,896 5,286 7,048 7,344 7,929 10,572 14,096 14,688 14,977 15,858 21,144 23,787 28,192 29,954 31,716 42,288 44,931 47,574 59,908 63,432 84,576 89,862 95,148 119,816 126,864 134,793 179,724 190,296 239,632 253,728 269,586 359,448 380,592 404,379 479,264 539,172 718,896 761,184 808,758 1,078,344 1,437,792 1,617,516 2,156,688 3,235,032 4,313,376 6,470,064 and 12,940,128, with no remainder.

Since 12,940,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,940,128, 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).