Q: Is 14,915,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,915,760 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 14,915,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 2,280 3,271 4,560 6,542 9,813 13,084 16,355 19,626 26,168 32,710 39,252 49,065 52,336 62,149 65,420 78,504 98,130 124,298 130,840 157,008 186,447 196,260 248,596 261,680 310,745 372,894 392,520 497,192 621,490 745,788 785,040 932,235 994,384 1,242,980 1,491,576 1,864,470 2,485,960 2,983,152 3,728,940 4,971,920 7,457,880 and 14,915,760, with no remainder.

Since 14,915,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,915,760, 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).