Q: Is 13,471,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,471,824 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 13,471,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 59 67 71 118 134 142 177 201 213 236 268 284 354 402 426 472 536 568 708 804 852 944 1,072 1,136 1,416 1,608 1,704 2,832 3,216 3,408 3,953 4,189 4,757 7,906 8,378 9,514 11,859 12,567 14,271 15,812 16,756 19,028 23,718 25,134 28,542 31,624 33,512 38,056 47,436 50,268 57,084 63,248 67,024 76,112 94,872 100,536 114,168 189,744 201,072 228,336 280,663 561,326 841,989 1,122,652 1,683,978 2,245,304 3,367,956 4,490,608 6,735,912 and 13,471,824, with no remainder.

Since 13,471,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,471,824, 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).