Q: Is 13,214,502 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,214,502 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 13,214,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 43 54 63 81 86 126 129 162 189 258 271 301 378 387 542 567 602 774 813 903 1,134 1,161 1,626 1,806 1,897 2,322 2,439 2,709 3,483 3,794 4,878 5,418 5,691 6,966 7,317 8,127 11,382 11,653 14,634 16,254 17,073 21,951 23,306 24,381 34,146 34,959 43,902 48,762 51,219 69,918 81,571 102,438 104,877 153,657 163,142 209,754 244,713 307,314 314,631 489,426 629,262 734,139 943,893 1,468,278 1,887,786 2,202,417 4,404,834 6,607,251 and 13,214,502, with no remainder.

Since 13,214,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,214,502, 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).