Q: Is 11,701,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,701,848 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 11,701,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 23 24 29 34 43 46 51 58 68 69 86 87 92 102 116 129 136 138 172 174 184 204 232 258 276 344 348 391 408 493 516 552 667 696 731 782 986 989 1,032 1,173 1,247 1,334 1,462 1,479 1,564 1,972 1,978 2,001 2,193 2,346 2,494 2,668 2,924 2,958 2,967 3,128 3,741 3,944 3,956 4,002 4,386 4,692 4,988 5,336 5,848 5,916 5,934 7,482 7,912 8,004 8,772 9,384 9,976 11,339 11,832 11,868 14,964 16,008 16,813 17,544 21,199 22,678 23,736 28,681 29,928 33,626 34,017 42,398 45,356 50,439 57,362 63,597 67,252 68,034 84,796 86,043 90,712 100,878 114,724 127,194 134,504 136,068 169,592 172,086 201,756 229,448 254,388 272,136 344,172 403,512 487,577 508,776 688,344 975,154 1,462,731 1,950,308 2,925,462 3,900,616 5,850,924 and 11,701,848, with no remainder.

Since 11,701,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,701,848, 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).