Q: Is 14,560,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,560,740 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 14,560,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 41 45 60 82 90 123 164 180 205 246 369 410 492 615 738 820 1,230 1,476 1,845 1,973 2,460 3,690 3,946 5,919 7,380 7,892 9,865 11,838 17,757 19,730 23,676 29,595 35,514 39,460 59,190 71,028 80,893 88,785 118,380 161,786 177,570 242,679 323,572 355,140 404,465 485,358 728,037 808,930 970,716 1,213,395 1,456,074 1,617,860 2,426,790 2,912,148 3,640,185 4,853,580 7,280,370 and 14,560,740, with no remainder.

Since 14,560,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,560,740, 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).