Q: Is 14,767,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,767,896 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 14,767,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 169 264 286 312 331 338 429 507 572 662 676 858 993 1,014 1,144 1,324 1,352 1,716 1,859 1,986 2,028 2,648 3,432 3,641 3,718 3,972 4,056 4,303 5,577 7,282 7,436 7,944 8,606 10,923 11,154 12,909 14,564 14,872 17,212 21,846 22,308 25,818 29,128 34,424 43,692 44,616 47,333 51,636 55,939 87,384 94,666 103,272 111,878 141,999 167,817 189,332 223,756 283,998 335,634 378,664 447,512 567,996 615,329 671,268 1,135,992 1,230,658 1,342,536 1,845,987 2,461,316 3,691,974 4,922,632 7,383,948 and 14,767,896, with no remainder.

Since 14,767,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,767,896, 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).