Q: Is 11,733,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,733,228 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 11,733,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 61 78 108 117 122 137 156 183 234 244 274 351 366 411 468 548 549 702 732 793 822 1,098 1,233 1,404 1,586 1,644 1,647 1,781 2,196 2,379 2,466 3,172 3,294 3,562 3,699 4,758 4,932 5,343 6,588 7,124 7,137 7,398 8,357 9,516 10,686 14,274 14,796 16,029 16,714 21,372 21,411 25,071 28,548 32,058 33,428 42,822 48,087 50,142 64,116 75,213 85,644 96,174 100,284 108,641 150,426 192,348 217,282 225,639 300,852 325,923 434,564 451,278 651,846 902,556 977,769 1,303,692 1,955,538 2,933,307 3,911,076 5,866,614 and 11,733,228, with no remainder.

Since 11,733,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,733,228, 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).