Q: Is 11,212,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,212,740 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 11,212,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 18 20 21 22 28 30 33 35 36 42 44 45 55 60 63 66 70 77 84 90 99 105 110 126 132 140 154 165 180 198 210 220 231 252 308 315 330 385 396 420 462 495 630 660 693 770 809 924 990 1,155 1,260 1,386 1,540 1,618 1,980 2,310 2,427 2,772 3,236 3,465 4,045 4,620 4,854 5,663 6,930 7,281 8,090 8,899 9,708 11,326 12,135 13,860 14,562 16,180 16,989 17,798 22,652 24,270 26,697 28,315 29,124 33,978 35,596 36,405 44,495 48,540 50,967 53,394 56,630 62,293 67,956 72,810 80,091 84,945 88,990 101,934 106,788 113,260 124,586 133,485 145,620 160,182 169,890 177,980 186,879 203,868 249,172 254,835 266,970 311,465 320,364 339,780 373,758 400,455 509,670 533,940 560,637 622,930 747,516 800,910 934,395 1,019,340 1,121,274 1,245,860 1,601,820 1,868,790 2,242,548 2,803,185 3,737,580 5,606,370 and 11,212,740, with no remainder.

Since 11,212,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,212,740, 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).