Q: Is 13,887,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,887,504 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 13,887,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 31 34 36 48 51 54 61 62 68 72 93 102 108 122 124 136 144 153 183 186 204 216 244 248 272 279 306 366 372 408 432 459 488 496 527 549 558 612 732 744 816 837 918 976 1,037 1,054 1,098 1,116 1,224 1,464 1,488 1,581 1,647 1,674 1,836 1,891 2,074 2,108 2,196 2,232 2,448 2,928 3,111 3,162 3,294 3,348 3,672 3,782 4,148 4,216 4,392 4,464 4,743 5,673 6,222 6,324 6,588 6,696 7,344 7,564 8,296 8,432 8,784 9,333 9,486 11,346 12,444 12,648 13,176 13,392 14,229 15,128 16,592 17,019 18,666 18,972 22,692 24,888 25,296 26,352 27,999 28,458 30,256 32,147 34,038 37,332 37,944 45,384 49,776 51,057 55,998 56,916 64,294 68,076 74,664 75,888 90,768 96,441 102,114 111,996 113,832 128,588 136,152 149,328 192,882 204,228 223,992 227,664 257,176 272,304 289,323 385,764 408,456 447,984 514,352 578,646 771,528 816,912 867,969 1,157,292 1,543,056 1,735,938 2,314,584 3,471,876 4,629,168 6,943,752 and 13,887,504, with no remainder.

Since 13,887,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,887,504, 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).