Q: Is 14,342,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,342,000 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 14,342,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 71 80 100 101 125 142 200 202 250 284 355 400 404 500 505 568 710 808 1,000 1,010 1,136 1,420 1,616 1,775 2,000 2,020 2,525 2,840 3,550 4,040 5,050 5,680 7,100 7,171 8,080 8,875 10,100 12,625 14,200 14,342 17,750 20,200 25,250 28,400 28,684 35,500 35,855 40,400 50,500 57,368 71,000 71,710 101,000 114,736 142,000 143,420 179,275 202,000 286,840 358,550 573,680 717,100 896,375 1,434,200 1,792,750 2,868,400 3,585,500 7,171,000 and 14,342,000, with no remainder.

Since 14,342,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,342,000, 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).