Q: Is 13,536,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,536,432 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 13,536,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 48 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 112 117 126 144 156 168 182 208 234 252 273 312 336 364 468 504 546 624 728 819 936 1,008 1,033 1,092 1,456 1,638 1,872 2,066 2,184 3,099 3,276 4,132 4,368 6,198 6,552 7,231 8,264 9,297 12,396 13,104 13,429 14,462 16,528 18,594 21,693 24,792 26,858 28,924 37,188 40,287 43,386 49,584 53,716 57,848 65,079 74,376 80,574 86,772 94,003 107,432 115,696 120,861 130,158 148,752 161,148 173,544 188,006 214,864 241,722 260,316 282,009 322,296 347,088 376,012 483,444 520,632 564,018 644,592 752,024 846,027 966,888 1,041,264 1,128,036 1,504,048 1,692,054 1,933,776 2,256,072 3,384,108 4,512,144 6,768,216 and 13,536,432, with no remainder.

Since 13,536,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,536,432, 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).