Q: Is 11,226,402 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,226,402 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 11,226,402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 31 33 59 62 66 93 99 118 177 186 198 279 341 354 531 558 649 682 961 1,023 1,062 1,298 1,829 1,922 1,947 2,046 2,883 3,069 3,658 3,894 5,487 5,766 5,841 6,138 8,649 10,571 10,974 11,682 16,461 17,298 20,119 21,142 31,713 32,922 40,238 56,699 60,357 63,426 95,139 113,398 120,714 170,097 181,071 190,278 340,194 362,142 510,291 623,689 1,020,582 1,247,378 1,871,067 3,742,134 5,613,201 and 11,226,402, with no remainder.

Since 11,226,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,226,402, 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).