Q: Is 11,912,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,912,960 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 11,912,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 41 64 80 82 128 160 164 205 227 256 320 328 410 454 640 656 820 908 1,135 1,280 1,312 1,640 1,816 2,270 2,624 3,280 3,632 4,540 5,248 6,560 7,264 9,080 9,307 10,496 13,120 14,528 18,160 18,614 26,240 29,056 36,320 37,228 46,535 52,480 58,112 72,640 74,456 93,070 145,280 148,912 186,140 290,560 297,824 372,280 595,648 744,560 1,191,296 1,489,120 2,382,592 2,978,240 5,956,480 and 11,912,960, with no remainder.

Since 11,912,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,912,960, 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).