Q: Is 12,996,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,996,840 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 12,996,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 23 24 30 34 40 46 51 60 68 69 85 92 102 115 120 136 138 170 184 204 230 255 276 277 340 345 391 408 460 510 552 554 680 690 782 831 920 1,020 1,108 1,173 1,380 1,385 1,564 1,662 1,955 2,040 2,216 2,346 2,760 2,770 3,128 3,324 3,910 4,155 4,692 4,709 5,540 5,865 6,371 6,648 7,820 8,310 9,384 9,418 11,080 11,730 12,742 14,127 15,640 16,620 18,836 19,113 23,460 23,545 25,484 28,254 31,855 33,240 37,672 38,226 46,920 47,090 50,968 56,508 63,710 70,635 76,452 94,180 95,565 108,307 113,016 127,420 141,270 152,904 188,360 191,130 216,614 254,840 282,540 324,921 382,260 433,228 541,535 565,080 649,842 764,520 866,456 1,083,070 1,299,684 1,624,605 2,166,140 2,599,368 3,249,210 4,332,280 6,498,420 and 12,996,840, with no remainder.

Since 12,996,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,996,840, 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).