Q: Is 14,343,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,343,480 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 14,343,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 24 27 30 36 38 40 45 54 57 60 72 76 81 90 95 108 114 120 135 152 162 171 180 190 216 228 233 270 285 324 342 360 380 405 456 466 513 540 570 648 684 699 760 810 855 932 1,026 1,080 1,140 1,165 1,368 1,398 1,539 1,620 1,710 1,864 2,052 2,097 2,280 2,330 2,565 2,796 3,078 3,240 3,420 3,495 4,104 4,194 4,427 4,660 5,130 5,592 6,156 6,291 6,840 6,990 7,695 8,388 8,854 9,320 10,260 10,485 12,312 12,582 13,281 13,980 15,390 16,776 17,708 18,873 20,520 20,970 22,135 25,164 26,562 27,960 30,780 31,455 35,416 37,746 39,843 41,940 44,270 50,328 53,124 61,560 62,910 66,405 75,492 79,686 83,880 88,540 94,365 106,248 119,529 125,820 132,810 150,984 159,372 177,080 188,730 199,215 239,058 251,640 265,620 318,744 358,587 377,460 398,430 478,116 531,240 597,645 717,174 754,920 796,860 956,232 1,195,290 1,434,348 1,593,720 1,792,935 2,390,580 2,868,696 3,585,870 4,781,160 7,171,740 and 14,343,480, with no remainder.

Since 14,343,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,343,480, 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).