Q: Is 13,747,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,747,272 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 13,747,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 43 44 56 66 77 84 86 88 129 132 154 168 172 173 231 258 264 301 308 344 346 462 473 516 519 602 616 692 903 924 946 1,032 1,038 1,204 1,211 1,384 1,419 1,806 1,848 1,892 1,903 2,076 2,408 2,422 2,838 3,311 3,612 3,633 3,784 3,806 4,152 4,844 5,676 5,709 6,622 7,224 7,266 7,439 7,612 9,688 9,933 11,352 11,418 13,244 13,321 14,532 14,878 15,224 19,866 22,317 22,836 26,488 26,642 29,064 29,756 39,732 39,963 44,634 45,672 52,073 53,284 59,512 79,464 79,926 81,829 89,268 104,146 106,568 156,219 159,852 163,658 178,536 208,292 245,487 312,438 319,704 327,316 416,584 490,974 572,803 624,876 654,632 981,948 1,145,606 1,249,752 1,718,409 1,963,896 2,291,212 3,436,818 4,582,424 6,873,636 and 13,747,272, with no remainder.

Since 13,747,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,747,272, 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).