Q: Is 13,915,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,915,860 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 13,915,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 17 20 21 28 30 34 35 42 51 60 68 70 84 85 102 105 119 140 170 204 210 238 255 340 357 420 476 510 595 714 1,020 1,190 1,428 1,785 1,949 2,380 3,570 3,898 5,847 7,140 7,796 9,745 11,694 13,643 19,490 23,388 27,286 29,235 33,133 38,980 40,929 54,572 58,470 66,266 68,215 81,858 99,399 116,940 132,532 136,430 163,716 165,665 198,798 204,645 231,931 272,860 331,330 397,596 409,290 463,862 496,995 662,660 695,793 818,580 927,724 993,990 1,159,655 1,391,586 1,987,980 2,319,310 2,783,172 3,478,965 4,638,620 6,957,930 and 13,915,860, with no remainder.

Since 13,915,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,915,860, 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).