Q: Is 11,911,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,911,968 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 11,911,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 96 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 288 306 408 432 459 544 612 811 816 864 918 1,224 1,622 1,632 1,836 2,433 2,448 3,244 3,672 4,866 4,896 6,488 7,299 7,344 9,732 12,976 13,787 14,598 14,688 19,464 21,897 25,952 27,574 29,196 38,928 41,361 43,794 55,148 58,392 77,856 82,722 87,588 110,296 116,784 124,083 165,444 175,176 220,592 233,568 248,166 330,888 350,352 372,249 441,184 496,332 661,776 700,704 744,498 992,664 1,323,552 1,488,996 1,985,328 2,977,992 3,970,656 5,955,984 and 11,911,968, with no remainder.

Since 11,911,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,911,968, 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).