Q: Is 13,701,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,701,456 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 13,701,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 29 34 36 48 51 58 68 72 87 102 116 136 144 153 174 193 204 232 261 272 306 348 386 408 464 493 522 579 612 696 772 816 986 1,044 1,158 1,224 1,392 1,479 1,544 1,737 1,972 2,088 2,316 2,448 2,958 3,088 3,281 3,474 3,944 4,176 4,437 4,632 5,597 5,916 6,562 6,948 7,888 8,874 9,264 9,843 11,194 11,832 13,124 13,896 16,791 17,748 19,686 22,388 23,664 26,248 27,792 29,529 33,582 35,496 39,372 44,776 50,373 52,496 59,058 67,164 70,992 78,744 89,552 95,149 100,746 118,116 134,328 157,488 190,298 201,492 236,232 268,656 285,447 380,596 402,984 472,464 570,894 761,192 805,968 856,341 1,141,788 1,522,384 1,712,682 2,283,576 3,425,364 4,567,152 6,850,728 and 13,701,456, with no remainder.

Since 13,701,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,701,456, 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).