Q: Is 14,761,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,761,728 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 14,761,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 64 72 86 96 128 129 144 149 172 192 256 258 288 298 344 384 387 447 516 576 596 688 768 774 894 1,032 1,152 1,192 1,341 1,376 1,548 1,788 2,064 2,304 2,384 2,682 2,752 3,096 3,576 4,128 4,768 5,364 5,504 6,192 6,407 7,152 8,256 9,536 10,728 11,008 12,384 12,814 14,304 16,512 19,072 19,221 21,456 24,768 25,628 28,608 33,024 38,144 38,442 42,912 49,536 51,256 57,216 57,663 76,884 85,824 99,072 102,512 114,432 115,326 153,768 171,648 205,024 230,652 307,536 343,296 410,048 461,304 615,072 820,096 922,608 1,230,144 1,640,192 1,845,216 2,460,288 3,690,432 4,920,576 7,380,864 and 14,761,728, with no remainder.

Since 14,761,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,761,728, 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).