Q: Is 12,625,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 12,625,000 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 12,625,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 101 125 200 202 250 404 500 505 625 808 1,000 1,010 1,250 2,020 2,500 2,525 3,125 4,040 5,000 5,050 6,250 10,100 12,500 12,625 15,625 20,200 25,000 25,250 31,250 50,500 62,500 63,125 101,000 125,000 126,250 252,500 315,625 505,000 631,250 1,262,500 1,578,125 2,525,000 3,156,250 6,312,500 and 12,625,000, with no remainder.

Since 12,625,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,625,000, 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).