Q: Is 13,527,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,527,024 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 13,527,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 127 168 254 317 336 381 508 634 762 889 951 1,016 1,268 1,524 1,778 1,902 2,032 2,219 2,536 2,667 3,048 3,556 3,804 4,438 5,072 5,334 6,096 6,657 7,112 7,608 8,876 10,668 13,314 14,224 15,216 17,752 21,336 26,628 35,504 40,259 42,672 53,256 80,518 106,512 120,777 161,036 241,554 281,813 322,072 483,108 563,626 644,144 845,439 966,216 1,127,252 1,690,878 1,932,432 2,254,504 3,381,756 4,509,008 6,763,512 and 13,527,024, with no remainder.

Since 13,527,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,527,024, 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).