Q: Is 13,721,988 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,721,988 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 13,721,988 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 29 42 43 58 84 86 87 116 129 131 172 174 203 258 262 301 348 393 406 516 524 602 609 786 812 903 917 1,204 1,218 1,247 1,572 1,806 1,834 2,436 2,494 2,751 3,612 3,668 3,741 3,799 4,988 5,502 5,633 7,482 7,598 8,729 11,004 11,266 11,397 14,964 15,196 16,899 17,458 22,532 22,794 26,187 26,593 33,798 34,916 39,431 45,588 52,374 53,186 67,596 78,862 79,779 104,748 106,372 118,293 157,724 159,558 163,357 236,586 319,116 326,714 473,172 490,071 653,428 980,142 1,143,499 1,960,284 2,286,998 3,430,497 4,573,996 6,860,994 and 13,721,988, with no remainder.

Since 13,721,988 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,721,988, 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).