Q: Is 14,307,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,307,216 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 14,307,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 49 56 66 77 79 84 88 98 112 132 147 154 158 168 176 196 231 237 264 294 308 316 336 343 392 462 474 528 539 553 588 616 632 686 784 869 924 948 1,029 1,078 1,106 1,176 1,232 1,264 1,372 1,617 1,659 1,738 1,848 1,896 2,058 2,156 2,212 2,352 2,607 2,744 3,234 3,318 3,476 3,696 3,773 3,792 3,871 4,116 4,312 4,424 5,214 5,488 6,083 6,468 6,636 6,952 7,546 7,742 8,232 8,624 8,848 10,428 11,319 11,613 12,166 12,936 13,272 13,904 15,092 15,484 16,464 18,249 20,856 22,638 23,226 24,332 25,872 26,544 27,097 30,184 30,968 36,498 41,712 42,581 45,276 46,452 48,664 54,194 60,368 61,936 72,996 81,291 85,162 90,552 92,904 97,328 108,388 127,743 145,992 162,582 170,324 181,104 185,808 216,776 255,486 291,984 298,067 325,164 340,648 433,552 510,972 596,134 650,328 681,296 894,201 1,021,944 1,192,268 1,300,656 1,788,402 2,043,888 2,384,536 3,576,804 4,769,072 7,153,608 and 14,307,216, with no remainder.

Since 14,307,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,307,216, 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).