Q: Is 13,588,965 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,588,965 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 13,588,965 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 13 15 27 29 39 45 65 81 87 89 117 135 145 195 261 267 351 377 405 435 445 585 783 801 1,053 1,131 1,157 1,305 1,335 1,755 1,885 2,349 2,403 2,581 3,393 3,471 3,915 4,005 5,265 5,655 5,785 7,209 7,743 10,179 10,413 11,745 12,015 12,905 16,965 17,355 23,229 30,537 31,239 33,553 36,045 38,715 50,895 52,065 69,687 93,717 100,659 116,145 152,685 156,195 167,765 209,061 301,977 348,435 468,585 503,295 905,931 1,045,305 1,509,885 2,717,793 4,529,655 and 13,588,965, with no remainder.

Since 13,588,965 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,588,965, 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).