Q: Is 14,463,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,463,624 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 14,463,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 251 294 343 392 502 588 686 753 1,004 1,029 1,176 1,372 1,506 1,757 2,008 2,058 2,401 2,744 3,012 3,514 4,116 4,802 5,271 6,024 7,028 7,203 8,232 9,604 10,542 12,299 14,056 14,406 19,208 21,084 24,598 28,812 36,897 42,168 49,196 57,624 73,794 86,093 98,392 147,588 172,186 258,279 295,176 344,372 516,558 602,651 688,744 1,033,116 1,205,302 1,807,953 2,066,232 2,410,604 3,615,906 4,821,208 7,231,812 and 14,463,624, with no remainder.

Since 14,463,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,463,624, 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).