Q: Is 13,727,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,727,280 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 13,727,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 105 112 120 140 168 210 240 280 336 420 560 840 1,680 8,171 16,342 24,513 32,684 40,855 49,026 57,197 65,368 81,710 98,052 114,394 122,565 130,736 163,420 171,591 196,104 228,788 245,130 285,985 326,840 343,182 392,208 457,576 490,260 571,970 653,680 686,364 857,955 915,152 980,520 1,143,940 1,372,728 1,715,910 1,961,040 2,287,880 2,745,456 3,431,820 4,575,760 6,863,640 and 13,727,280, with no remainder.

Since 13,727,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,727,280, 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).