Q: Is 14,135,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,135,496 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 14,135,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 421 842 1,263 1,399 1,684 2,526 2,798 3,368 4,197 5,052 5,596 8,394 10,104 11,192 16,788 33,576 588,979 1,177,958 1,766,937 2,355,916 3,533,874 4,711,832 7,067,748 and 14,135,496, with no remainder.

Since 14,135,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,135,496, 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).