Q: Is 11,467,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,467,944 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 11,467,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 76 83 101 114 152 166 171 202 228 249 303 332 342 404 456 498 606 664 684 747 808 909 996 1,212 1,368 1,494 1,577 1,818 1,919 1,992 2,424 2,988 3,154 3,636 3,838 4,731 5,757 5,976 6,308 7,272 7,676 8,383 9,462 11,514 12,616 14,193 15,352 16,766 17,271 18,924 23,028 25,149 28,386 33,532 34,542 37,848 46,056 50,298 56,772 67,064 69,084 75,447 100,596 113,544 138,168 150,894 159,277 201,192 301,788 318,554 477,831 603,576 637,108 955,662 1,274,216 1,433,493 1,911,324 2,866,986 3,822,648 5,733,972 and 11,467,944, with no remainder.

Since 11,467,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,467,944, 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).