Q: Is 13,441,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,441,248 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 13,441,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 47 48 54 72 94 96 108 141 144 188 216 282 288 331 376 423 432 564 662 752 846 864 993 1,128 1,269 1,324 1,504 1,692 1,986 2,256 2,538 2,648 2,979 3,384 3,972 4,512 5,076 5,296 5,958 6,768 7,944 8,937 10,152 10,592 11,916 13,536 15,557 15,888 17,874 20,304 23,832 31,114 31,776 35,748 40,608 46,671 47,664 62,228 71,496 93,342 95,328 124,456 140,013 142,992 186,684 248,912 280,026 285,984 373,368 420,039 497,824 560,052 746,736 840,078 1,120,104 1,493,472 1,680,156 2,240,208 3,360,312 4,480,416 6,720,624 and 13,441,248, with no remainder.

Since 13,441,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,441,248, 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).