Q: Is 11,873,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,873,520 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 11,873,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 27 30 36 40 45 46 48 54 60 69 72 80 90 92 108 115 120 135 138 144 180 184 207 216 230 239 240 270 276 345 360 368 414 432 460 478 540 552 621 690 717 720 828 920 956 1,035 1,080 1,104 1,195 1,242 1,380 1,434 1,656 1,840 1,912 2,070 2,151 2,160 2,390 2,484 2,760 2,868 3,105 3,312 3,585 3,824 4,140 4,302 4,780 4,968 5,497 5,520 5,736 6,210 6,453 7,170 8,280 8,604 9,560 9,936 10,755 10,994 11,472 12,420 12,906 14,340 16,491 16,560 17,208 19,120 21,510 21,988 24,840 25,812 27,485 28,680 32,265 32,982 34,416 43,020 43,976 49,473 49,680 51,624 54,970 57,360 64,530 65,964 82,455 86,040 87,952 98,946 103,248 109,940 129,060 131,928 148,419 164,910 172,080 197,892 219,880 247,365 258,120 263,856 296,838 329,820 395,784 439,760 494,730 516,240 593,676 659,640 742,095 791,568 989,460 1,187,352 1,319,280 1,484,190 1,978,920 2,374,704 2,968,380 3,957,840 5,936,760 and 11,873,520, with no remainder.

Since 11,873,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,873,520, 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).