Q: Is 11,423,412 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,423,412 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 11,423,412 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 18 21 22 26 28 33 36 39 42 44 52 63 66 77 78 84 91 99 117 126 132 143 154 156 182 198 231 234 252 273 286 308 317 364 396 429 462 468 546 572 634 693 819 858 924 951 1,001 1,092 1,268 1,287 1,386 1,638 1,716 1,902 2,002 2,219 2,574 2,772 2,853 3,003 3,276 3,487 3,804 4,004 4,121 4,438 5,148 5,706 6,006 6,657 6,974 8,242 8,876 9,009 10,461 11,412 12,012 12,363 13,314 13,948 16,484 18,018 19,971 20,922 24,409 24,726 26,628 28,847 31,383 36,036 37,089 39,942 41,844 45,331 48,818 49,452 57,694 62,766 73,227 74,178 79,884 86,541 90,662 97,636 115,388 125,532 135,993 146,454 148,356 173,082 181,324 219,681 259,623 271,986 292,908 317,317 346,164 407,979 439,362 519,246 543,972 634,634 815,958 878,724 951,951 1,038,492 1,269,268 1,631,916 1,903,902 2,855,853 3,807,804 5,711,706 and 11,423,412, with no remainder.

Since 11,423,412 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,423,412, 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).