Q: Is 14,873,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,873,520 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 14,873,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 40 48 58 60 80 87 116 120 145 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 580 696 870 1,160 1,392 1,740 2,137 2,320 3,480 4,274 6,411 6,960 8,548 10,685 12,822 17,096 21,370 25,644 32,055 34,192 42,740 51,288 61,973 64,110 85,480 102,576 123,946 128,220 170,960 185,919 247,892 256,440 309,865 371,838 495,784 512,880 619,730 743,676 929,595 991,568 1,239,460 1,487,352 1,859,190 2,478,920 2,974,704 3,718,380 4,957,840 7,436,760 and 14,873,520, with no remainder.

Since 14,873,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,873,520, 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).