Q: Is 11,734,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,734,272 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 11,734,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 176 192 198 256 264 288 352 384 396 463 528 576 704 768 792 926 1,056 1,152 1,389 1,408 1,584 1,852 2,112 2,304 2,778 2,816 3,168 3,704 4,167 4,224 5,093 5,556 6,336 7,408 8,334 8,448 10,186 11,112 12,672 14,816 15,279 16,668 20,372 22,224 25,344 29,632 30,558 33,336 40,744 44,448 45,837 59,264 61,116 66,672 81,488 88,896 91,674 118,528 122,232 133,344 162,976 177,792 183,348 244,464 266,688 325,952 355,584 366,696 488,928 533,376 651,904 733,392 977,856 1,066,752 1,303,808 1,466,784 1,955,712 2,933,568 3,911,424 5,867,136 and 11,734,272, with no remainder.

Since 11,734,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,734,272, 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).