Q: Is 14,337,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,337,456 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 14,337,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 71 84 112 142 168 213 284 336 426 497 568 601 852 994 1,136 1,202 1,491 1,704 1,803 1,988 2,404 2,982 3,408 3,606 3,976 4,207 4,808 5,964 7,212 7,952 8,414 9,616 11,928 12,621 14,424 16,828 23,856 25,242 28,848 33,656 42,671 50,484 67,312 85,342 100,968 128,013 170,684 201,936 256,026 298,697 341,368 512,052 597,394 682,736 896,091 1,024,104 1,194,788 1,792,182 2,048,208 2,389,576 3,584,364 4,779,152 7,168,728 and 14,337,456, with no remainder.

Since 14,337,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,337,456, 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).