Q: Is 13,595,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,595,436 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 13,595,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 61 82 122 123 151 164 183 244 246 302 366 369 453 492 549 604 732 738 906 1,098 1,359 1,476 1,812 2,196 2,501 2,718 5,002 5,436 6,191 7,503 9,211 10,004 12,382 15,006 18,422 18,573 22,509 24,764 27,633 30,012 36,844 37,146 45,018 55,266 55,719 74,292 82,899 90,036 110,532 111,438 165,798 222,876 331,596 377,651 755,302 1,132,953 1,510,604 2,265,906 3,398,859 4,531,812 6,797,718 and 13,595,436, with no remainder.

Since 13,595,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,595,436, 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).