Q: Is 18,537,012 a Composite Number?

Why is 18,537,012 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 18,537,012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 108 117 156 162 163 234 243 324 326 351 468 486 489 652 702 729 972 978 1,053 1,404 1,458 1,467 1,956 2,106 2,119 2,187 2,916 2,934 3,159 4,212 4,238 4,374 4,401 5,868 6,318 6,357 8,476 8,748 8,802 9,477 12,636 12,714 13,203 17,604 18,954 19,071 25,428 26,406 28,431 37,908 38,142 39,609 52,812 56,862 57,213 76,284 79,218 113,724 114,426 118,827 158,436 171,639 228,852 237,654 343,278 356,481 475,308 514,917 686,556 712,962 1,029,834 1,425,924 1,544,751 2,059,668 3,089,502 4,634,253 6,179,004 9,268,506 and 18,537,012, with no remainder.

Since 18,537,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 18,537,012, 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).