Q: Is 11,713,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,713,520 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 11,713,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 16 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 80 91 104 112 130 140 182 208 260 280 364 455 520 560 728 910 1,040 1,456 1,609 1,820 3,218 3,640 6,436 7,280 8,045 11,263 12,872 16,090 20,917 22,526 25,744 32,180 41,834 45,052 56,315 64,360 83,668 90,104 104,585 112,630 128,720 146,419 167,336 180,208 209,170 225,260 292,838 334,672 418,340 450,520 585,676 732,095 836,680 901,040 1,171,352 1,464,190 1,673,360 2,342,704 2,928,380 5,856,760 and 11,713,520, with no remainder.

Since 11,713,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,713,520, 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).