Q: Is 11,855,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,855,040 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 11,855,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 64 80 96 106 120 159 160 192 212 233 240 265 318 320 424 466 480 530 636 699 795 848 932 960 1,060 1,165 1,272 1,398 1,590 1,696 1,864 2,120 2,330 2,544 2,796 3,180 3,392 3,495 3,728 4,240 4,660 5,088 5,592 6,360 6,990 7,456 8,480 9,320 10,176 11,184 12,349 12,720 13,980 14,912 16,960 18,640 22,368 24,698 25,440 27,960 37,047 37,280 44,736 49,396 50,880 55,920 61,745 74,094 74,560 98,792 111,840 123,490 148,188 185,235 197,584 223,680 246,980 296,376 370,470 395,168 493,960 592,752 740,940 790,336 987,920 1,185,504 1,481,880 1,975,840 2,371,008 2,963,760 3,951,680 5,927,520 and 11,855,040, with no remainder.

Since 11,855,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,855,040, 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).