Q: Is 14,207,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,207,376 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 14,207,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 23 24 34 46 48 51 68 69 92 102 136 138 184 204 272 276 368 391 408 552 757 782 816 1,104 1,173 1,514 1,564 2,271 2,346 3,028 3,128 4,542 4,692 6,056 6,256 9,084 9,384 12,112 12,869 17,411 18,168 18,768 25,738 34,822 36,336 38,607 51,476 52,233 69,644 77,214 102,952 104,466 139,288 154,428 205,904 208,932 278,576 295,987 308,856 417,864 591,974 617,712 835,728 887,961 1,183,948 1,775,922 2,367,896 3,551,844 4,735,792 7,103,688 and 14,207,376, with no remainder.

Since 14,207,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,207,376, 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).