Q: Is 14,490,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,490,480 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 14,490,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 173 240 346 349 519 692 698 865 1,038 1,047 1,384 1,396 1,730 1,745 2,076 2,094 2,595 2,768 2,792 3,460 3,490 4,152 4,188 5,190 5,235 5,584 6,920 6,980 8,304 8,376 10,380 10,470 13,840 13,960 16,752 20,760 20,940 27,920 41,520 41,880 60,377 83,760 120,754 181,131 241,508 301,885 362,262 483,016 603,770 724,524 905,655 966,032 1,207,540 1,449,048 1,811,310 2,415,080 2,898,096 3,622,620 4,830,160 7,245,240 and 14,490,480, with no remainder.

Since 14,490,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,490,480, 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).