What numbers between 11 and19 are composite numbers?

3 Answers
Jun 5, 2017

Between 11 and 19 we have 12,14,15,16,18 as composite numbers.

Explanation:

Compossite numbers are those numbers who have factors other than 1 and themselves.

As even numbers are multiples of 2, between 11 andd 19

we have 12,14,16,18 as composite numbers

among odd numbers 13,15,17

only 15 has factors other than 1 and itself.

Hence, between 11 and 19 we have 12,14,15,16,18 as composite numbers.

12, 14, 15, 16 and 18.

Explanation:

Composite Numbers are those numbers which have factors other than one and itself.

Example : 4 is a composite number as it has factors 1, 2 and 4.
(In fact it is the smallest composite number.)

Between 11 and 19, there are 7 numbers:

12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Here 11 is not composite, instead it is prime (those numbers which have only 1 and themselves as factors)
[11 has only two factors, 1 and 11.]

12 is composite; as 12 has factors 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

13 is again prime, having only 1 and 13 itself as factors.

14 " has " 1, 2, 7 and 14
15 " has " 1, 3, 5 and 15
16 " has " 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16
These are all composite numbers.

17 is prime

18 is composite.

Hence explained my answer.

Jun 5, 2017

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Explanation:

The numbers 'between' 11 and 19 are:

12," "13," "14," "15," "16," "17," "18," "

All numbers (except 1) are either prime or composite.

Prime numbers have exactly 2 factors while
Composite numbers have more than 2 factors.

There are more composite numbers than prime numbers, so the quickest way to find the composite numbers in a given set, is to simply exclude the primes.

The prime numbers between 11 and 19 are:

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