Q: Is 14,153,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,153,520 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 14,153,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 102 120 136 170 204 240 255 272 340 408 510 680 816 1,020 1,360 2,040 3,469 4,080 6,938 10,407 13,876 17,345 20,814 27,752 34,690 41,628 52,035 55,504 58,973 69,380 83,256 104,070 117,946 138,760 166,512 176,919 208,140 235,892 277,520 294,865 353,838 416,280 471,784 589,730 707,676 832,560 884,595 943,568 1,179,460 1,415,352 1,769,190 2,358,920 2,830,704 3,538,380 4,717,840 7,076,760 and 14,153,520, with no remainder.

Since 14,153,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,153,520, 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).