Q: Is 12,957,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,957,120 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 12,957,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 30 32 33 36 40 44 45 48 55 60 64 66 72 80 88 90 96 99 110 120 132 144 160 165 176 180 192 198 220 240 264 288 320 330 352 360 396 409 440 480 495 528 576 660 704 720 792 818 880 960 990 1,056 1,227 1,320 1,440 1,584 1,636 1,760 1,980 2,045 2,112 2,454 2,640 2,880 3,168 3,272 3,520 3,681 3,960 4,090 4,499 4,908 5,280 6,135 6,336 6,544 7,362 7,920 8,180 8,998 9,816 10,560 12,270 13,088 13,497 14,724 15,840 16,360 17,996 18,405 19,632 22,495 24,540 26,176 26,994 29,448 31,680 32,720 35,992 36,810 39,264 40,491 44,990 49,080 53,988 58,896 65,440 67,485 71,984 73,620 78,528 80,982 89,980 98,160 107,976 117,792 130,880 134,970 143,968 147,240 161,964 179,960 196,320 202,455 215,952 235,584 269,940 287,936 294,480 323,928 359,920 392,640 404,910 431,904 539,880 588,960 647,856 719,840 809,820 863,808 1,079,760 1,177,920 1,295,712 1,439,680 1,619,640 2,159,520 2,591,424 3,239,280 4,319,040 6,478,560 and 12,957,120, with no remainder.

Since 12,957,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,957,120, 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).