Q: Is 14,502,726 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,502,726 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 14,502,726 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 29 42 49 54 58 63 81 87 98 126 147 162 174 189 203 243 261 294 343 378 406 441 486 522 567 609 686 729 783 882 1,029 1,134 1,218 1,323 1,421 1,458 1,566 1,701 1,827 2,058 2,349 2,646 2,842 3,087 3,402 3,654 3,969 4,263 4,698 5,103 5,481 6,174 7,047 7,938 8,526 9,261 9,947 10,206 10,962 11,907 12,789 14,094 16,443 18,522 19,894 21,141 23,814 25,578 27,783 29,841 32,886 35,721 38,367 42,282 49,329 55,566 59,682 71,442 76,734 83,349 89,523 98,658 115,101 147,987 166,698 179,046 230,202 250,047 268,569 295,974 345,303 500,094 537,138 690,606 805,707 1,035,909 1,611,414 2,071,818 2,417,121 4,834,242 7,251,363 and 14,502,726, with no remainder.

Since 14,502,726 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,502,726, 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).