Q: Is 14,224,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 14,224,224 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 14,224,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 61 84 96 112 122 168 183 224 244 336 347 366 427 488 672 694 732 854 976 1,041 1,281 1,388 1,464 1,708 1,952 2,082 2,429 2,562 2,776 2,928 3,416 4,164 4,858 5,124 5,552 5,856 6,832 7,287 8,328 9,716 10,248 11,104 13,664 14,574 16,656 19,432 20,496 21,167 29,148 33,312 38,864 40,992 42,334 58,296 63,501 77,728 84,668 116,592 127,002 148,169 169,336 233,184 254,004 296,338 338,672 444,507 508,008 592,676 677,344 889,014 1,016,016 1,185,352 1,778,028 2,032,032 2,370,704 3,556,056 4,741,408 7,112,112 and 14,224,224, with no remainder.

Since 14,224,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 14,224,224, 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).