Q: Is 13,987,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,987,008 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 13,987,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 2,016 3,469 4,032 6,938 10,407 13,876 20,814 24,283 27,752 31,221 41,628 48,566 55,504 62,442 72,849 83,256 97,132 111,008 124,884 145,698 166,512 194,264 218,547 222,016 249,768 291,396 333,024 388,528 437,094 499,536 582,792 666,048 777,056 874,188 999,072 1,165,584 1,554,112 1,748,376 1,998,144 2,331,168 3,496,752 4,662,336 6,993,504 and 13,987,008, with no remainder.

Since 13,987,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,987,008, 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).