Q: Is 11,946,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 11,946,744 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 11,946,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 41 54 57 71 72 76 82 108 114 123 142 152 164 171 213 216 228 246 284 328 342 369 426 456 492 513 568 639 684 738 779 852 984 1,026 1,107 1,278 1,349 1,368 1,476 1,558 1,704 1,917 2,052 2,214 2,337 2,556 2,698 2,911 2,952 3,116 3,834 4,047 4,104 4,428 4,674 5,112 5,396 5,822 6,232 7,011 7,668 8,094 8,733 8,856 9,348 10,792 11,644 12,141 14,022 15,336 16,188 17,466 18,696 21,033 23,288 24,282 26,199 28,044 32,376 34,932 36,423 42,066 48,564 52,398 55,309 56,088 69,864 72,846 78,597 84,132 97,128 104,796 110,618 145,692 157,194 165,927 168,264 209,592 221,236 291,384 314,388 331,854 442,472 497,781 628,776 663,708 995,562 1,327,416 1,493,343 1,991,124 2,986,686 3,982,248 5,973,372 and 11,946,744, with no remainder.

Since 11,946,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 11,946,744, 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).