Q: Is 13,562,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,562,472 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 13,562,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 41 42 44 56 66 77 82 84 88 123 132 154 164 168 179 231 246 264 287 308 328 358 451 462 492 537 574 616 716 861 902 924 984 1,074 1,148 1,253 1,353 1,432 1,722 1,804 1,848 1,969 2,148 2,296 2,506 2,706 3,157 3,444 3,608 3,759 3,938 4,296 5,012 5,412 5,907 6,314 6,888 7,339 7,518 7,876 9,471 10,024 10,824 11,814 12,628 13,783 14,678 15,036 15,752 18,942 22,017 23,628 25,256 27,566 29,356 30,072 37,884 41,349 44,034 47,256 51,373 55,132 58,712 75,768 80,729 82,698 88,068 102,746 110,264 154,119 161,458 165,396 176,136 205,492 242,187 308,238 322,916 330,792 410,984 484,374 565,103 616,476 645,832 968,748 1,130,206 1,232,952 1,695,309 1,937,496 2,260,412 3,390,618 4,520,824 6,781,236 and 13,562,472, with no remainder.

Since 13,562,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,562,472, 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).