Q: Is 14,572,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,572,480 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 14,572,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 31 32 40 52 62 64 65 80 104 113 124 130 155 160 208 226 248 260 310 320 403 416 452 496 520 565 620 806 832 904 992 1,040 1,130 1,240 1,469 1,612 1,808 1,984 2,015 2,080 2,260 2,480 2,938 3,224 3,503 3,616 4,030 4,160 4,520 4,960 5,876 6,448 7,006 7,232 7,345 8,060 9,040 9,920 11,752 12,896 14,012 14,690 16,120 17,515 18,080 23,504 25,792 28,024 29,380 32,240 35,030 36,160 45,539 47,008 56,048 58,760 64,480 70,060 91,078 94,016 112,096 117,520 128,960 140,120 182,156 224,192 227,695 235,040 280,240 364,312 455,390 470,080 560,480 728,624 910,780 1,120,960 1,457,248 1,821,560 2,914,496 3,643,120 7,286,240 and 14,572,480, with no remainder.

Since 14,572,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,572,480, 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).