Q: Is 11,442,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,442,224 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 11,442,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 23 31 34 46 59 62 68 92 118 124 136 184 236 248 272 368 391 472 496 527 713 782 944 1,003 1,054 1,357 1,426 1,564 1,829 2,006 2,108 2,714 2,852 3,128 3,658 4,012 4,216 5,428 5,704 6,256 7,316 8,024 8,432 10,856 11,408 12,121 14,632 16,048 21,712 23,069 24,242 29,264 31,093 42,067 46,138 48,484 62,186 84,134 92,276 96,968 124,372 168,268 184,552 193,936 248,744 336,536 369,104 497,488 673,072 715,139 1,430,278 2,860,556 5,721,112 and 11,442,224, with no remainder.

Since 11,442,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,442,224, 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).