Q: Is 13,738,620 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,738,620 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 13,738,620 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 49 60 70 84 98 105 140 147 196 210 245 294 420 490 588 735 980 1,470 2,940 4,673 9,346 14,019 18,692 23,365 28,038 32,711 46,730 56,076 65,422 70,095 93,460 98,133 130,844 140,190 163,555 196,266 228,977 280,380 327,110 392,532 457,954 490,665 654,220 686,931 915,908 981,330 1,144,885 1,373,862 1,962,660 2,289,770 2,747,724 3,434,655 4,579,540 6,869,310 and 13,738,620, with no remainder.

Since 13,738,620 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,738,620, 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).