Q: Is 14,423,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,423,208 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 14,423,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 23 24 29 34 46 51 53 58 68 69 87 92 102 106 116 136 138 159 174 184 204 212 232 276 318 348 391 408 424 493 552 636 667 696 782 901 986 1,173 1,219 1,272 1,334 1,479 1,537 1,564 1,802 1,972 2,001 2,346 2,438 2,668 2,703 2,958 3,074 3,128 3,604 3,657 3,944 4,002 4,611 4,692 4,876 5,336 5,406 5,916 6,148 7,208 7,314 8,004 9,222 9,384 9,752 10,812 11,339 11,832 12,296 14,628 16,008 18,444 20,723 21,624 22,678 26,129 29,256 34,017 35,351 36,888 41,446 45,356 52,258 62,169 68,034 70,702 78,387 82,892 90,712 104,516 106,053 124,338 136,068 141,404 156,774 165,784 209,032 212,106 248,676 272,136 282,808 313,548 424,212 497,352 600,967 627,096 848,424 1,201,934 1,802,901 2,403,868 3,605,802 4,807,736 7,211,604 and 14,423,208, with no remainder.

Since 14,423,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,423,208, 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).