Q: Is 14,737,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,737,008 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 14,737,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 19 22 24 26 33 38 39 44 48 52 57 66 76 78 88 104 113 114 132 143 152 156 176 208 209 226 228 247 264 286 304 312 339 418 429 452 456 494 528 572 624 627 678 741 836 858 904 912 988 1,144 1,243 1,254 1,356 1,469 1,482 1,672 1,716 1,808 1,976 2,147 2,288 2,486 2,508 2,712 2,717 2,938 2,964 3,344 3,432 3,729 3,952 4,294 4,407 4,972 5,016 5,424 5,434 5,876 5,928 6,441 6,864 7,458 8,151 8,588 8,814 9,944 10,032 10,868 11,752 11,856 12,882 14,916 16,159 16,302 17,176 17,628 19,888 21,736 23,504 23,617 25,764 27,911 29,832 32,318 32,604 34,352 35,256 43,472 47,234 48,477 51,528 55,822 59,664 64,636 65,208 70,512 70,851 83,733 94,468 96,954 103,056 111,644 129,272 130,416 141,702 167,466 188,936 193,908 223,288 258,544 283,404 307,021 334,932 377,872 387,816 446,576 566,808 614,042 669,864 775,632 921,063 1,133,616 1,228,084 1,339,728 1,842,126 2,456,168 3,684,252 4,912,336 7,368,504 and 14,737,008, with no remainder.

Since 14,737,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,737,008, 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).