Q: Is 13,415,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,415,940 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 13,415,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 73 90 146 180 219 292 365 438 657 730 876 1,021 1,095 1,314 1,460 2,042 2,190 2,628 3,063 3,285 4,084 4,380 5,105 6,126 6,570 9,189 10,210 12,252 13,140 15,315 18,378 20,420 30,630 36,756 45,945 61,260 74,533 91,890 149,066 183,780 223,599 298,132 372,665 447,198 670,797 745,330 894,396 1,117,995 1,341,594 1,490,660 2,235,990 2,683,188 3,353,985 4,471,980 6,707,970 and 13,415,940, with no remainder.

Since 13,415,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,415,940, 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).