Q: Is 11,679,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,679,000 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 11,679,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 25 30 34 40 50 51 60 68 75 85 100 102 120 125 136 150 170 200 204 229 250 255 300 340 375 408 425 458 500 510 600 680 687 750 850 916 1,000 1,020 1,145 1,275 1,374 1,500 1,700 1,832 2,040 2,125 2,290 2,550 2,748 3,000 3,400 3,435 3,893 4,250 4,580 5,100 5,496 5,725 6,375 6,870 7,786 8,500 9,160 10,200 11,450 11,679 12,750 13,740 15,572 17,000 17,175 19,465 22,900 23,358 25,500 27,480 28,625 31,144 34,350 38,930 45,800 46,716 51,000 57,250 58,395 68,700 77,860 85,875 93,432 97,325 114,500 116,790 137,400 155,720 171,750 194,650 229,000 233,580 291,975 343,500 389,300 467,160 486,625 583,950 687,000 778,600 973,250 1,167,900 1,459,875 1,946,500 2,335,800 2,919,750 3,893,000 5,839,500 and 11,679,000, with no remainder.

Since 11,679,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,679,000, 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).