Q: Is 11,323,998 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,323,998 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 11,323,998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 37 42 49 63 74 98 111 126 147 222 259 294 333 347 441 518 666 694 777 882 1,041 1,554 1,813 2,082 2,331 2,429 3,123 3,626 4,662 4,858 5,439 6,246 7,287 10,878 12,839 14,574 16,317 17,003 21,861 25,678 32,634 34,006 38,517 43,722 51,009 77,034 89,873 102,018 115,551 153,027 179,746 231,102 269,619 306,054 539,238 629,111 808,857 1,258,222 1,617,714 1,887,333 3,774,666 5,661,999 and 11,323,998, with no remainder.

Since 11,323,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,323,998, 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).