Q: Is 13,435,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,435,740 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 13,435,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 135 139 179 180 270 278 358 417 537 540 556 695 716 834 895 1,074 1,251 1,390 1,611 1,668 1,790 2,085 2,148 2,502 2,685 2,780 3,222 3,580 3,753 4,170 4,833 5,004 5,370 6,255 6,444 7,506 8,055 8,340 9,666 10,740 12,510 15,012 16,110 18,765 19,332 24,165 24,881 25,020 32,220 37,530 48,330 49,762 74,643 75,060 96,660 99,524 124,405 149,286 223,929 248,810 298,572 373,215 447,858 497,620 671,787 746,430 895,716 1,119,645 1,343,574 1,492,860 2,239,290 2,687,148 3,358,935 4,478,580 6,717,870 and 13,435,740, with no remainder.

Since 13,435,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,435,740, 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).