Q: Is 14,288,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,288,736 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 14,288,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 616 672 924 1,056 1,232 1,848 1,933 2,464 3,696 3,866 5,799 7,392 7,732 11,598 13,531 15,464 21,263 23,196 27,062 30,928 40,593 42,526 46,392 54,124 61,856 63,789 81,186 85,052 92,784 108,248 127,578 148,841 162,372 170,104 185,568 216,496 255,156 297,682 324,744 340,208 432,992 446,523 510,312 595,364 649,488 680,416 893,046 1,020,624 1,190,728 1,298,976 1,786,092 2,041,248 2,381,456 3,572,184 4,762,912 7,144,368 and 14,288,736, with no remainder.

Since 14,288,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,288,736, 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).