Q: Is 14,761,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,761,824 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 14,761,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 96 112 132 154 168 176 224 231 264 308 336 352 462 528 616 672 924 1,056 1,232 1,848 1,997 2,464 3,696 3,994 5,991 7,392 7,988 11,982 13,979 15,976 21,967 23,964 27,958 31,952 41,937 43,934 47,928 55,916 63,904 65,901 83,874 87,868 95,856 111,832 131,802 153,769 167,748 175,736 191,712 223,664 263,604 307,538 335,496 351,472 447,328 461,307 527,208 615,076 670,992 702,944 922,614 1,054,416 1,230,152 1,341,984 1,845,228 2,108,832 2,460,304 3,690,456 4,920,608 7,380,912 and 14,761,824, with no remainder.

Since 14,761,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,761,824, 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).