Q: Is 13,728,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,728,672 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 13,728,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 73 96 144 146 219 288 292 438 584 653 657 876 1,168 1,306 1,314 1,752 1,959 2,336 2,612 2,628 3,504 3,918 5,224 5,256 5,877 7,008 7,836 10,448 10,512 11,754 15,672 20,896 21,024 23,508 31,344 47,016 47,669 62,688 94,032 95,338 143,007 188,064 190,676 286,014 381,352 429,021 572,028 762,704 858,042 1,144,056 1,525,408 1,716,084 2,288,112 3,432,168 4,576,224 6,864,336 and 13,728,672, with no remainder.

Since 13,728,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,728,672, 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).