Q: Is 13,704,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,704,516 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 13,704,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 28 34 36 42 49 51 63 68 84 98 102 119 126 147 153 196 204 238 252 294 306 357 441 457 476 588 612 714 833 882 914 1,071 1,371 1,428 1,666 1,764 1,828 2,142 2,499 2,742 3,199 3,332 4,113 4,284 4,998 5,484 6,398 7,497 7,769 8,226 9,597 9,996 12,796 14,994 15,538 16,452 19,194 22,393 23,307 28,791 29,988 31,076 38,388 44,786 46,614 54,383 57,582 67,179 69,921 89,572 93,228 108,766 115,164 134,358 139,842 163,149 201,537 217,532 268,716 279,684 326,298 380,681 403,074 489,447 652,596 761,362 806,148 978,894 1,142,043 1,522,724 1,957,788 2,284,086 3,426,129 4,568,172 6,852,258 and 13,704,516, with no remainder.

Since 13,704,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,704,516, 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).