Q: Is 14,339,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,339,072 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 14,339,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 32 38 44 64 67 76 88 128 134 152 176 209 256 268 304 352 418 512 536 608 704 737 836 1,024 1,072 1,216 1,273 1,408 1,474 1,672 2,144 2,432 2,546 2,816 2,948 3,344 4,288 4,864 5,092 5,632 5,896 6,688 8,576 9,728 10,184 11,264 11,792 13,376 14,003 17,152 19,456 20,368 23,584 26,752 28,006 34,304 40,736 47,168 53,504 56,012 68,608 81,472 94,336 107,008 112,024 162,944 188,672 214,016 224,048 325,888 377,344 448,096 651,776 754,688 896,192 1,303,552 1,792,384 3,584,768 7,169,536 and 14,339,072, with no remainder.

Since 14,339,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,339,072, 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).