Q: Is 12,006,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,006,072 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 12,006,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 101 104 117 127 156 202 234 254 303 312 381 404 468 508 606 762 808 909 936 1,016 1,143 1,212 1,313 1,524 1,651 1,818 2,286 2,424 2,626 3,048 3,302 3,636 3,939 4,572 4,953 5,252 6,604 7,272 7,878 9,144 9,906 10,504 11,817 12,827 13,208 14,859 15,756 19,812 23,634 25,654 29,718 31,512 38,481 39,624 47,268 51,308 59,436 76,962 94,536 102,616 115,443 118,872 153,924 166,751 230,886 307,848 333,502 461,772 500,253 667,004 923,544 1,000,506 1,334,008 1,500,759 2,001,012 3,001,518 4,002,024 6,003,036 and 12,006,072, with no remainder.

Since 12,006,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,006,072, 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).