Q: Is 14,244,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,244,720 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 14,244,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 61 70 80 84 105 112 120 122 139 140 168 183 210 240 244 278 280 305 336 366 417 420 427 488 556 560 610 695 732 834 840 854 915 973 976 1,112 1,220 1,281 1,390 1,464 1,668 1,680 1,708 1,830 1,946 2,085 2,135 2,224 2,440 2,562 2,780 2,919 2,928 3,336 3,416 3,660 3,892 4,170 4,270 4,865 4,880 5,124 5,560 5,838 6,405 6,672 6,832 7,320 7,784 8,340 8,479 8,540 9,730 10,248 11,120 11,676 12,810 14,595 14,640 15,568 16,680 16,958 17,080 19,460 20,496 23,352 25,437 25,620 29,190 33,360 33,916 34,160 38,920 42,395 46,704 50,874 51,240 58,380 59,353 67,832 77,840 84,790 101,748 102,480 116,760 118,706 127,185 135,664 169,580 178,059 203,496 233,520 237,412 254,370 296,765 339,160 356,118 406,992 474,824 508,740 593,530 678,320 712,236 890,295 949,648 1,017,480 1,187,060 1,424,472 1,780,590 2,034,960 2,374,120 2,848,944 3,561,180 4,748,240 7,122,360 and 14,244,720, with no remainder.

Since 14,244,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,244,720, 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).