Q: Is 14,245,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,245,040 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 14,245,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 41 43 80 82 86 101 164 172 202 205 215 328 344 404 410 430 505 656 688 808 820 860 1,010 1,616 1,640 1,720 1,763 2,020 3,280 3,440 3,526 4,040 4,141 4,343 7,052 8,080 8,282 8,686 8,815 14,104 16,564 17,372 17,630 20,705 21,715 28,208 33,128 34,744 35,260 41,410 43,430 66,256 69,488 70,520 82,820 86,860 141,040 165,640 173,720 178,063 331,280 347,440 356,126 712,252 890,315 1,424,504 1,780,630 2,849,008 3,561,260 7,122,520 and 14,245,040, with no remainder.

Since 14,245,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,245,040, 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).