Q: Is 14,509,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,509,824 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 14,509,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 336 384 448 672 768 896 1,344 1,792 2,688 2,699 5,376 5,398 8,097 10,796 16,194 18,893 21,592 32,388 37,786 43,184 56,679 64,776 75,572 86,368 113,358 129,552 151,144 172,736 226,716 259,104 302,288 345,472 453,432 518,208 604,576 690,944 906,864 1,036,416 1,209,152 1,813,728 2,072,832 2,418,304 3,627,456 4,836,608 7,254,912 and 14,509,824, with no remainder.

Since 14,509,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,509,824, 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).