Q: Is 14,547,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,547,720 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 14,547,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 103 107 110 120 132 165 206 214 220 264 309 321 330 412 428 440 515 535 618 642 660 824 856 1,030 1,070 1,133 1,177 1,236 1,284 1,320 1,545 1,605 2,060 2,140 2,266 2,354 2,472 2,568 3,090 3,210 3,399 3,531 4,120 4,280 4,532 4,708 5,665 5,885 6,180 6,420 6,798 7,062 9,064 9,416 11,021 11,330 11,770 12,360 12,840 13,596 14,124 16,995 17,655 22,042 22,660 23,540 27,192 28,248 33,063 33,990 35,310 44,084 45,320 47,080 55,105 66,126 67,980 70,620 88,168 110,210 121,231 132,252 135,960 141,240 165,315 220,420 242,462 264,504 330,630 363,693 440,840 484,924 606,155 661,260 727,386 969,848 1,212,310 1,322,520 1,454,772 1,818,465 2,424,620 2,909,544 3,636,930 4,849,240 7,273,860 and 14,547,720, with no remainder.

Since 14,547,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,547,720, 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).