Q: Is 14,738,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,738,112 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 14,738,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 288 324 432 576 648 864 1,296 1,728 2,592 2,843 5,184 5,686 8,529 11,372 17,058 22,744 25,587 34,116 45,488 51,174 68,232 76,761 90,976 102,348 136,464 153,522 181,952 204,696 230,283 272,928 307,044 409,392 460,566 545,856 614,088 818,784 921,132 1,228,176 1,637,568 1,842,264 2,456,352 3,684,528 4,912,704 7,369,056 and 14,738,112, with no remainder.

Since 14,738,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,738,112, 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).