Q: Is 11,243,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,243,040 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 11,243,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 59 60 80 96 118 120 160 177 236 240 295 354 397 472 480 590 708 794 885 944 1,180 1,191 1,416 1,588 1,770 1,888 1,985 2,360 2,382 2,832 3,176 3,540 3,970 4,720 4,764 5,664 5,955 6,352 7,080 7,940 9,440 9,528 11,910 12,704 14,160 15,880 19,056 23,423 23,820 28,320 31,760 38,112 46,846 47,640 63,520 70,269 93,692 95,280 117,115 140,538 187,384 190,560 234,230 281,076 351,345 374,768 468,460 562,152 702,690 749,536 936,920 1,124,304 1,405,380 1,873,840 2,248,608 2,810,760 3,747,680 5,621,520 and 11,243,040, with no remainder.

Since 11,243,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,243,040, 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).