Q: Is 14,496,924 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,496,924 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 14,496,924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 19 26 38 39 52 57 67 73 76 78 114 134 146 156 201 219 228 247 268 292 402 438 494 741 804 871 876 949 988 1,273 1,387 1,482 1,742 1,898 2,546 2,613 2,774 2,847 2,964 3,484 3,796 3,819 4,161 4,891 5,092 5,226 5,548 5,694 7,638 8,322 9,782 10,452 11,388 14,673 15,276 16,549 16,644 18,031 19,564 29,346 33,098 36,062 49,647 54,093 58,692 63,583 66,196 72,124 92,929 99,294 108,186 127,166 185,858 190,749 198,588 216,372 254,332 278,787 371,716 381,498 557,574 762,996 1,115,148 1,208,077 2,416,154 3,624,231 4,832,308 7,248,462 and 14,496,924, with no remainder.

Since 14,496,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,496,924, 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).