Q: Is 14,886,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,886,960 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 14,886,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,320 2,640 5,639 11,278 16,917 22,556 28,195 33,834 45,112 56,390 62,029 67,668 84,585 90,224 112,780 124,058 135,336 169,170 186,087 225,560 248,116 270,672 310,145 338,340 372,174 451,120 496,232 620,290 676,680 744,348 930,435 992,464 1,240,580 1,353,360 1,488,696 1,860,870 2,481,160 2,977,392 3,721,740 4,962,320 7,443,480 and 14,886,960, with no remainder.

Since 14,886,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,886,960, 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).