Q: Is 12,044,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,044,240 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 12,044,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 37 40 52 65 74 80 104 130 148 185 208 260 296 313 370 481 520 592 626 740 962 1,040 1,252 1,480 1,565 1,924 2,405 2,504 2,960 3,130 3,848 4,069 4,810 5,008 6,260 7,696 8,138 9,620 11,581 12,520 16,276 19,240 20,345 23,162 25,040 32,552 38,480 40,690 46,324 57,905 65,104 81,380 92,648 115,810 150,553 162,760 185,296 231,620 301,106 325,520 463,240 602,212 752,765 926,480 1,204,424 1,505,530 2,408,848 3,011,060 6,022,120 and 12,044,240, with no remainder.

Since 12,044,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,044,240, 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).