Q: Is 13,971,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,971,960 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 13,971,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 27 30 34 36 40 45 51 54 60 68 72 85 90 102 108 120 135 136 153 170 180 204 216 255 270 306 340 360 408 459 510 540 612 680 761 765 918 1,020 1,080 1,224 1,522 1,530 1,836 2,040 2,283 2,295 3,044 3,060 3,672 3,805 4,566 4,590 6,088 6,120 6,849 7,610 9,132 9,180 11,415 12,937 13,698 15,220 18,264 18,360 20,547 22,830 25,874 27,396 30,440 34,245 38,811 41,094 45,660 51,748 54,792 64,685 68,490 77,622 82,188 91,320 102,735 103,496 116,433 129,370 136,980 155,244 164,376 194,055 205,470 232,866 258,740 273,960 310,488 349,299 388,110 410,940 465,732 517,480 582,165 698,598 776,220 821,880 931,464 1,164,330 1,397,196 1,552,440 1,746,495 2,328,660 2,794,392 3,492,990 4,657,320 6,985,980 and 13,971,960, with no remainder.

Since 13,971,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,971,960, 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).