Q: Is 11,837,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,837,520 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 11,837,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 41 45 48 60 72 80 82 90 120 123 144 164 180 205 240 246 328 360 369 401 410 492 615 656 720 738 802 820 984 1,203 1,230 1,476 1,604 1,640 1,845 1,968 2,005 2,406 2,460 2,952 3,208 3,280 3,609 3,690 4,010 4,812 4,920 5,904 6,015 6,416 7,218 7,380 8,020 9,624 9,840 12,030 14,436 14,760 16,040 16,441 18,045 19,248 24,060 28,872 29,520 32,080 32,882 36,090 48,120 49,323 57,744 65,764 72,180 82,205 96,240 98,646 131,528 144,360 147,969 164,410 197,292 246,615 263,056 288,720 295,938 328,820 394,584 493,230 591,876 657,640 739,845 789,168 986,460 1,183,752 1,315,280 1,479,690 1,972,920 2,367,504 2,959,380 3,945,840 5,918,760 and 11,837,520, with no remainder.

Since 11,837,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,837,520, 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).