Q: Is 13,343,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,343,568 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 13,343,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 151 168 263 302 336 453 526 604 789 906 1,052 1,057 1,208 1,578 1,812 1,841 2,104 2,114 2,416 3,156 3,171 3,624 3,682 4,208 4,228 5,523 6,312 6,342 7,248 7,364 8,456 11,046 12,624 12,684 14,728 16,912 22,092 25,368 29,456 39,713 44,184 50,736 79,426 88,368 119,139 158,852 238,278 277,991 317,704 476,556 555,982 635,408 833,973 953,112 1,111,964 1,667,946 1,906,224 2,223,928 3,335,892 4,447,856 6,671,784 and 13,343,568, with no remainder.

Since 13,343,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,343,568, 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).