Q: Is 13,172,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,172,928 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 13,172,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 23 24 32 38 46 48 57 64 69 76 92 96 114 138 152 157 184 192 228 276 304 314 368 437 456 471 552 608 628 736 874 912 942 1,104 1,216 1,256 1,311 1,472 1,748 1,824 1,884 2,208 2,512 2,622 2,983 3,496 3,611 3,648 3,768 4,416 5,024 5,244 5,966 6,992 7,222 7,536 8,949 10,048 10,488 10,833 11,932 13,984 14,444 15,072 17,898 20,976 21,666 23,864 27,968 28,888 30,144 35,796 41,952 43,332 47,728 57,776 68,609 71,592 83,904 86,664 95,456 115,552 137,218 143,184 173,328 190,912 205,827 231,104 274,436 286,368 346,656 411,654 548,872 572,736 693,312 823,308 1,097,744 1,646,616 2,195,488 3,293,232 4,390,976 6,586,464 and 13,172,928, with no remainder.

Since 13,172,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,172,928, 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).