Q: Is 13,754,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,754,772 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 13,754,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 53 54 81 89 106 108 159 162 178 212 243 267 318 324 356 477 486 534 636 729 801 954 972 1,068 1,431 1,458 1,602 1,908 2,403 2,862 2,916 3,204 4,293 4,717 4,806 5,724 7,209 8,586 9,434 9,612 12,879 14,151 14,418 17,172 18,868 21,627 25,758 28,302 28,836 38,637 42,453 43,254 51,516 56,604 64,881 77,274 84,906 86,508 127,359 129,762 154,548 169,812 254,718 259,524 382,077 509,436 764,154 1,146,231 1,528,308 2,292,462 3,438,693 4,584,924 6,877,386 and 13,754,772, with no remainder.

Since 13,754,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,754,772, 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).