Q: Is 14,879,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,879,280 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 14,879,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 19 20 24 26 30 38 39 40 48 52 57 60 65 76 78 80 95 104 114 120 130 152 156 190 195 208 228 240 247 251 260 285 304 312 380 390 456 494 502 520 570 624 741 753 760 780 912 988 1,004 1,040 1,140 1,235 1,255 1,482 1,506 1,520 1,560 1,976 2,008 2,280 2,470 2,510 2,964 3,012 3,120 3,263 3,705 3,765 3,952 4,016 4,560 4,769 4,940 5,020 5,928 6,024 6,526 7,410 7,530 9,538 9,789 9,880 10,040 11,856 12,048 13,052 14,307 14,820 15,060 16,315 19,076 19,578 19,760 20,080 23,845 26,104 28,614 29,640 30,120 32,630 38,152 39,156 47,690 48,945 52,208 57,228 59,280 60,240 61,997 65,260 71,535 76,304 78,312 95,380 97,890 114,456 123,994 130,520 143,070 156,624 185,991 190,760 195,780 228,912 247,988 261,040 286,140 309,985 371,982 381,520 391,560 495,976 572,280 619,970 743,964 783,120 929,955 991,952 1,144,560 1,239,940 1,487,928 1,859,910 2,479,880 2,975,856 3,719,820 4,959,760 7,439,640 and 14,879,280, with no remainder.

Since 14,879,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,879,280, 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).