Q: Is 11,051,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,051,712 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 11,051,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 2,016 2,741 4,032 5,482 8,223 10,964 16,446 19,187 21,928 24,669 32,892 38,374 43,856 49,338 57,561 65,784 76,748 87,712 98,676 115,122 131,568 153,496 172,683 175,424 197,352 230,244 263,136 306,992 345,366 394,704 460,488 526,272 613,984 690,732 789,408 920,976 1,227,968 1,381,464 1,578,816 1,841,952 2,762,928 3,683,904 5,525,856 and 11,051,712, with no remainder.

Since 11,051,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,051,712, 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).