Q: Is 13,159,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,159,740 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 13,159,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 127 132 157 165 220 254 314 330 381 471 508 628 635 660 762 785 942 1,270 1,397 1,524 1,570 1,727 1,884 1,905 2,355 2,540 2,794 3,140 3,454 3,810 4,191 4,710 5,181 5,588 6,908 6,985 7,620 8,382 8,635 9,420 10,362 13,970 16,764 17,270 19,939 20,724 20,955 25,905 27,940 34,540 39,878 41,910 51,810 59,817 79,756 83,820 99,695 103,620 119,634 199,390 219,329 239,268 299,085 398,780 438,658 598,170 657,987 877,316 1,096,645 1,196,340 1,315,974 2,193,290 2,631,948 3,289,935 4,386,580 6,579,870 and 13,159,740, with no remainder.

Since 13,159,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,159,740, 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).