Q: Is 13,243,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,243,216 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 13,243,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 23 28 46 53 56 92 97 106 112 161 184 194 212 322 368 371 388 424 644 679 742 776 848 1,219 1,288 1,358 1,484 1,552 2,231 2,438 2,576 2,716 2,968 4,462 4,876 5,141 5,432 5,936 8,533 8,924 9,752 10,282 10,864 15,617 17,066 17,848 19,504 20,564 31,234 34,132 35,696 35,987 41,128 62,468 68,264 71,974 82,256 118,243 124,936 136,528 143,948 236,486 249,872 287,896 472,972 575,792 827,701 945,944 1,655,402 1,891,888 3,310,804 6,621,608 and 13,243,216, with no remainder.

Since 13,243,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,243,216, 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).