Q: Is 11,839,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,839,968 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 11,839,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 96 98 112 126 144 147 168 196 224 252 288 294 336 392 441 504 588 672 784 839 882 1,008 1,176 1,568 1,678 1,764 2,016 2,352 2,517 3,356 3,528 4,704 5,034 5,873 6,712 7,056 7,551 10,068 11,746 13,424 14,112 15,102 17,619 20,136 23,492 26,848 30,204 35,238 40,272 41,111 46,984 52,857 60,408 70,476 80,544 82,222 93,968 105,714 120,816 123,333 140,952 164,444 187,936 211,428 241,632 246,666 281,904 328,888 369,999 422,856 493,332 563,808 657,776 739,998 845,712 986,664 1,315,552 1,479,996 1,691,424 1,973,328 2,959,992 3,946,656 5,919,984 and 11,839,968, with no remainder.

Since 11,839,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,839,968, 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).