Q: Is 11,500,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,500,008 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 11,500,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 29 31 39 41 52 58 62 78 82 87 93 104 116 123 124 156 164 174 186 232 246 248 312 328 348 372 377 403 492 533 696 744 754 806 899 984 1,066 1,131 1,189 1,209 1,271 1,508 1,599 1,612 1,798 2,132 2,262 2,378 2,418 2,542 2,697 3,016 3,198 3,224 3,567 3,596 3,813 4,264 4,524 4,756 4,836 5,084 5,394 6,396 7,134 7,192 7,626 9,048 9,512 9,672 10,168 10,788 11,687 12,792 14,268 15,252 15,457 16,523 21,576 23,374 28,536 30,504 30,914 33,046 35,061 36,859 46,371 46,748 49,569 61,828 66,092 70,122 73,718 92,742 93,496 99,138 110,577 123,656 132,184 140,244 147,436 185,484 198,276 221,154 280,488 294,872 370,968 396,552 442,308 479,167 884,616 958,334 1,437,501 1,916,668 2,875,002 3,833,336 5,750,004 and 11,500,008, with no remainder.

Since 11,500,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,500,008, 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).