Q: Is 14,332,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,332,608 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 14,332,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 144 149 167 192 288 298 334 447 501 576 596 668 894 1,002 1,192 1,336 1,341 1,503 1,788 2,004 2,384 2,672 2,682 3,006 3,576 4,008 4,768 5,344 5,364 6,012 7,152 8,016 9,536 10,688 10,728 12,024 14,304 16,032 21,456 24,048 24,883 28,608 32,064 42,912 48,096 49,766 74,649 85,824 96,192 99,532 149,298 199,064 223,947 298,596 398,128 447,894 597,192 796,256 895,788 1,194,384 1,592,512 1,791,576 2,388,768 3,583,152 4,777,536 7,166,304 and 14,332,608, with no remainder.

Since 14,332,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,332,608, 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).