Q: Is 12,944,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,944,280 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 12,944,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 269 401 538 802 807 1,076 1,203 1,345 1,604 1,614 2,005 2,152 2,406 2,690 3,208 3,228 4,010 4,035 4,812 5,380 6,015 6,456 8,020 8,070 9,624 10,760 12,030 16,040 16,140 24,060 32,280 48,120 107,869 215,738 323,607 431,476 539,345 647,214 862,952 1,078,690 1,294,428 1,618,035 2,157,380 2,588,856 3,236,070 4,314,760 6,472,140 and 12,944,280, with no remainder.

Since 12,944,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,944,280, 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).