Q: Is 13,458,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,458,536 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 13,458,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 19 26 28 38 49 52 56 76 91 98 104 133 139 152 182 196 247 266 278 364 392 494 532 556 637 728 931 973 988 1,064 1,112 1,274 1,729 1,807 1,862 1,946 1,976 2,548 2,641 3,458 3,614 3,724 3,892 5,096 5,282 6,811 6,916 7,228 7,448 7,784 10,564 12,103 12,649 13,622 13,832 14,456 18,487 21,128 24,206 25,298 27,244 34,333 36,974 48,412 50,596 54,488 68,666 73,948 88,543 96,824 101,192 129,409 137,332 147,896 177,086 240,331 258,818 274,664 354,172 480,662 517,636 708,344 961,324 1,035,272 1,682,317 1,922,648 3,364,634 6,729,268 and 13,458,536, with no remainder.

Since 13,458,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,458,536, 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).