Q: Is 13,168,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,168,272 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 13,168,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 47 48 52 78 94 104 141 156 188 208 282 312 376 449 564 611 624 752 898 1,128 1,222 1,347 1,796 1,833 2,256 2,444 2,694 3,592 3,666 4,888 5,388 5,837 7,184 7,332 9,776 10,776 11,674 14,664 17,511 21,103 21,552 23,348 29,328 35,022 42,206 46,696 63,309 70,044 84,412 93,392 126,618 140,088 168,824 253,236 274,339 280,176 337,648 506,472 548,678 823,017 1,012,944 1,097,356 1,646,034 2,194,712 3,292,068 4,389,424 6,584,136 and 13,168,272, with no remainder.

Since 13,168,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,168,272, 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).