Q: Is 14,995,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,995,008 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 14,995,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 2,016 3,719 4,032 7,438 11,157 14,876 22,314 26,033 29,752 33,471 44,628 52,066 59,504 66,942 78,099 89,256 104,132 119,008 133,884 156,198 178,512 208,264 234,297 238,016 267,768 312,396 357,024 416,528 468,594 535,536 624,792 714,048 833,056 937,188 1,071,072 1,249,584 1,666,112 1,874,376 2,142,144 2,499,168 3,748,752 4,998,336 7,497,504 and 14,995,008, with no remainder.

Since 14,995,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,995,008, 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).