Q: Is 11,873,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,873,700 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 11,873,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 25 30 36 45 50 60 75 79 90 100 150 158 167 180 225 237 300 316 334 395 450 474 501 668 711 790 835 900 948 1,002 1,185 1,422 1,503 1,580 1,670 1,975 2,004 2,370 2,505 2,844 3,006 3,340 3,555 3,950 4,175 4,740 5,010 5,925 6,012 7,110 7,515 7,900 8,350 10,020 11,850 12,525 13,193 14,220 15,030 16,700 17,775 23,700 25,050 26,386 30,060 35,550 37,575 39,579 50,100 52,772 65,965 71,100 75,150 79,158 118,737 131,930 150,300 158,316 197,895 237,474 263,860 329,825 395,790 474,948 593,685 659,650 791,580 989,475 1,187,370 1,319,300 1,978,950 2,374,740 2,968,425 3,957,900 5,936,850 and 11,873,700, with no remainder.

Since 11,873,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,873,700, 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).