Q: Is 14,762,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,762,748 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 14,762,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 21 22 26 28 33 39 42 44 52 66 77 78 84 91 132 143 154 156 182 231 273 286 308 364 429 462 546 572 858 924 1,001 1,092 1,229 1,716 2,002 2,458 3,003 3,687 4,004 4,916 6,006 7,374 8,603 12,012 13,519 14,748 15,977 17,206 25,809 27,038 31,954 34,412 40,557 47,931 51,618 54,076 63,908 81,114 94,633 95,862 103,236 111,839 162,228 175,747 189,266 191,724 223,678 283,899 335,517 351,494 378,532 447,356 527,241 567,798 671,034 702,988 1,054,482 1,135,596 1,230,229 1,342,068 2,108,964 2,460,458 3,690,687 4,920,916 7,381,374 and 14,762,748, with no remainder.

Since 14,762,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,762,748, 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).