Q: Is 13,403,556 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,403,556 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 13,403,556 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 41 54 81 82 108 123 162 164 246 324 369 492 738 1,009 1,107 1,476 2,018 2,214 3,027 3,321 4,036 4,428 6,054 6,642 9,081 12,108 13,284 18,162 27,243 36,324 41,369 54,486 81,729 82,738 108,972 124,107 163,458 165,476 248,214 326,916 372,321 496,428 744,642 1,116,963 1,489,284 2,233,926 3,350,889 4,467,852 6,701,778 and 13,403,556, with no remainder.

Since 13,403,556 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,403,556, 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).