Q: Is 14,224,428 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,224,428 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 14,224,428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 37 59 74 111 118 148 177 181 222 236 333 354 362 444 531 543 666 708 724 1,062 1,086 1,332 1,629 2,124 2,172 2,183 3,258 4,366 6,516 6,549 6,697 8,732 10,679 13,098 13,394 19,647 20,091 21,358 26,196 26,788 32,037 39,294 40,182 42,716 60,273 64,074 78,588 80,364 96,111 120,546 128,148 192,222 241,092 384,444 395,123 790,246 1,185,369 1,580,492 2,370,738 3,556,107 4,741,476 7,112,214 and 14,224,428, with no remainder.

Since 14,224,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,224,428, 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).