Q: Is 11,761,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,761,704 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 11,761,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 43 58 72 86 87 116 129 131 172 174 232 258 261 262 344 348 387 393 516 522 524 696 774 786 1,032 1,044 1,048 1,179 1,247 1,548 1,572 2,088 2,358 2,494 3,096 3,144 3,741 3,799 4,716 4,988 5,633 7,482 7,598 9,432 9,976 11,223 11,266 11,397 14,964 15,196 16,899 22,446 22,532 22,794 29,928 30,392 33,798 34,191 44,892 45,064 45,588 50,697 67,596 68,382 89,784 91,176 101,394 135,192 136,764 163,357 202,788 273,528 326,714 405,576 490,071 653,428 980,142 1,306,856 1,470,213 1,960,284 2,940,426 3,920,568 5,880,852 and 11,761,704, with no remainder.

Since 11,761,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,761,704, 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).