Q: Is 14,740,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,740,768 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 14,740,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 49 56 68 79 98 112 119 136 158 196 224 238 272 316 343 392 476 544 553 632 686 784 833 952 1,106 1,264 1,343 1,372 1,568 1,666 1,904 2,212 2,528 2,686 2,744 3,332 3,808 3,871 4,424 5,372 5,488 5,831 6,664 7,742 8,848 9,401 10,744 10,976 11,662 13,328 15,484 17,696 18,802 21,488 23,324 26,656 27,097 30,968 37,604 42,976 46,648 54,194 61,936 65,807 75,208 93,296 108,388 123,872 131,614 150,416 186,592 216,776 263,228 300,832 433,552 460,649 526,456 867,104 921,298 1,052,912 1,842,596 2,105,824 3,685,192 7,370,384 and 14,740,768, with no remainder.

Since 14,740,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,740,768, 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).