Q: Is 13,602,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,602,456 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 13,602,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 63 72 84 126 137 168 197 252 274 394 411 504 548 591 788 822 959 1,096 1,182 1,233 1,379 1,576 1,644 1,773 1,918 2,364 2,466 2,758 2,877 3,288 3,546 3,836 4,137 4,728 4,932 5,516 5,754 7,092 7,672 8,274 8,631 9,864 11,032 11,508 12,411 14,184 16,548 17,262 23,016 24,822 26,989 33,096 34,524 49,644 53,978 69,048 80,967 99,288 107,956 161,934 188,923 215,912 242,901 323,868 377,846 485,802 566,769 647,736 755,692 971,604 1,133,538 1,511,384 1,700,307 1,943,208 2,267,076 3,400,614 4,534,152 6,801,228 and 13,602,456, with no remainder.

Since 13,602,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,602,456, 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).