Q: Is 13,855,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,855,632 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 13,855,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 43 48 49 56 84 86 98 112 129 137 147 168 172 196 258 274 294 301 336 344 392 411 516 548 588 602 688 784 822 903 959 1,032 1,096 1,176 1,204 1,644 1,806 1,918 2,064 2,107 2,192 2,352 2,408 2,877 3,288 3,612 3,836 4,214 4,816 5,754 5,891 6,321 6,576 6,713 7,224 7,672 8,428 11,508 11,782 12,642 13,426 14,448 15,344 16,856 17,673 20,139 23,016 23,564 25,284 26,852 33,712 35,346 40,278 41,237 46,032 47,128 50,568 53,704 70,692 80,556 82,474 94,256 101,136 107,408 123,711 141,384 161,112 164,948 247,422 282,768 288,659 322,224 329,896 494,844 577,318 659,792 865,977 989,688 1,154,636 1,731,954 1,979,376 2,309,272 3,463,908 4,618,544 6,927,816 and 13,855,632, with no remainder.

Since 13,855,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,855,632, 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).