Q: Is 12,022,998 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,022,998 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 12,022,998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 71 78 142 167 169 213 334 338 426 501 507 923 1,002 1,014 1,846 2,171 2,769 4,342 5,538 6,513 11,857 11,999 13,026 23,714 23,998 28,223 35,571 35,997 56,446 71,142 71,994 84,669 154,141 169,338 308,282 462,423 924,846 2,003,833 4,007,666 6,011,499 and 12,022,998, with no remainder.

Since 12,022,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,022,998, 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).