Q: Is 13,212,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 13,212,864 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 13,212,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 29 32 36 42 48 56 58 63 64 72 84 87 96 112 113 116 126 144 168 174 192 203 224 226 232 252 261 288 336 339 348 406 448 452 464 504 522 576 609 672 678 696 791 812 904 928 1,008 1,017 1,044 1,218 1,344 1,356 1,392 1,582 1,624 1,808 1,827 1,856 2,016 2,034 2,088 2,373 2,436 2,712 2,784 3,164 3,248 3,277 3,616 3,654 4,032 4,068 4,176 4,746 4,872 5,424 5,568 6,328 6,496 6,554 7,119 7,232 7,308 8,136 8,352 9,492 9,744 9,831 10,848 12,656 12,992 13,108 14,238 14,616 16,272 16,704 18,984 19,488 19,662 21,696 22,939 25,312 26,216 28,476 29,232 29,493 32,544 37,968 38,976 39,324 45,878 50,624 52,432 56,952 58,464 58,986 65,088 68,817 75,936 78,648 91,756 104,864 113,904 116,928 117,972 137,634 151,872 157,296 183,512 206,451 209,728 227,808 235,944 275,268 314,592 367,024 412,902 455,616 471,888 550,536 629,184 734,048 825,804 943,776 1,101,072 1,468,096 1,651,608 1,887,552 2,202,144 3,303,216 4,404,288 6,606,432 and 13,212,864, with no remainder.

Since 13,212,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 13,212,864, 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).