Q: Is 11,172,300 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,172,300 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 11,172,300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 50 60 75 100 150 167 223 300 334 446 501 668 669 835 892 1,002 1,115 1,338 1,670 2,004 2,230 2,505 2,676 3,340 3,345 4,175 4,460 5,010 5,575 6,690 8,350 10,020 11,150 12,525 13,380 16,700 16,725 22,300 25,050 33,450 37,241 50,100 66,900 74,482 111,723 148,964 186,205 223,446 372,410 446,892 558,615 744,820 931,025 1,117,230 1,862,050 2,234,460 2,793,075 3,724,100 5,586,150 and 11,172,300, with no remainder.

Since 11,172,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,172,300, 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).