Q: Is 13,374,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,374,576 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 13,374,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 131 144 262 393 524 709 786 1,048 1,179 1,418 1,572 2,096 2,127 2,358 2,836 3,144 4,254 4,716 5,672 6,288 6,381 8,508 9,432 11,344 12,762 17,016 18,864 25,524 34,032 51,048 92,879 102,096 185,758 278,637 371,516 557,274 743,032 835,911 1,114,548 1,486,064 1,671,822 2,229,096 3,343,644 4,458,192 6,687,288 and 13,374,576, with no remainder.

Since 13,374,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,374,576, 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).