Q: Is 11,940,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,940,000 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 11,940,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 75 80 96 100 120 125 150 160 199 200 240 250 300 375 398 400 480 500 597 600 625 750 796 800 995 1,000 1,194 1,200 1,250 1,500 1,592 1,875 1,990 2,000 2,388 2,400 2,500 2,985 3,000 3,184 3,750 3,980 4,000 4,776 4,975 5,000 5,970 6,000 6,368 7,500 7,960 9,552 9,950 10,000 11,940 12,000 14,925 15,000 15,920 19,104 19,900 20,000 23,880 24,875 29,850 30,000 31,840 39,800 47,760 49,750 59,700 60,000 74,625 79,600 95,520 99,500 119,400 124,375 149,250 159,200 199,000 238,800 248,750 298,500 373,125 398,000 477,600 497,500 597,000 746,250 796,000 995,000 1,194,000 1,492,500 1,990,000 2,388,000 2,985,000 3,980,000 5,970,000 and 11,940,000, with no remainder.

Since 11,940,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,940,000, 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).