Q: Is 14,125,734 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,125,734 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 14,125,734 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 63 71 126 142 213 426 497 639 994 1,278 1,491 1,579 2,982 3,158 4,473 4,737 8,946 9,474 11,053 14,211 22,106 28,422 33,159 66,318 99,477 112,109 198,954 224,218 336,327 672,654 784,763 1,008,981 1,569,526 2,017,962 2,354,289 4,708,578 7,062,867 and 14,125,734, with no remainder.

Since 14,125,734 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,125,734, 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).