Q: Is 11,873,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,873,820 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 11,873,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 510 595 714 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,663 1,785 2,380 3,326 3,570 4,989 6,652 7,140 8,315 9,978 11,641 16,630 19,956 23,282 24,945 28,271 33,260 34,923 46,564 49,890 56,542 58,205 69,846 84,813 99,780 113,084 116,410 139,692 141,355 169,626 174,615 197,897 232,820 282,710 339,252 349,230 395,794 424,065 565,420 593,691 698,460 791,588 848,130 989,485 1,187,382 1,696,260 1,978,970 2,374,764 2,968,455 3,957,940 5,936,910 and 11,873,820, with no remainder.

Since 11,873,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,873,820, 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).