Q: Is 14,737,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,737,632 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 14,737,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 49 52 56 78 84 91 96 98 104 112 147 156 168 182 196 208 224 241 273 294 312 336 364 392 416 482 546 588 624 637 672 723 728 784 964 1,092 1,176 1,248 1,274 1,446 1,456 1,568 1,687 1,911 1,928 2,184 2,352 2,548 2,892 2,912 3,133 3,374 3,822 3,856 4,368 4,704 5,061 5,096 5,784 6,266 6,748 7,644 7,712 8,736 9,399 10,122 10,192 11,568 11,809 12,532 13,496 15,288 18,798 20,244 20,384 21,931 23,136 23,618 25,064 26,992 30,576 35,427 37,596 40,488 43,862 47,236 50,128 53,984 61,152 65,793 70,854 75,192 80,976 87,724 94,472 100,256 131,586 141,708 150,384 153,517 161,952 175,448 188,944 263,172 283,416 300,768 307,034 350,896 377,888 460,551 526,344 566,832 614,068 701,792 921,102 1,052,688 1,133,664 1,228,136 1,842,204 2,105,376 2,456,272 3,684,408 4,912,544 7,368,816 and 14,737,632, with no remainder.

Since 14,737,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,737,632, 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).