Q: Is 15,002,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,002,624 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 15,002,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 23 26 28 32 46 49 52 56 64 91 92 98 104 112 128 161 182 184 196 208 224 256 299 322 364 368 392 416 448 512 598 637 644 728 736 784 832 896 1,024 1,127 1,196 1,274 1,288 1,456 1,472 1,568 1,664 1,792 2,093 2,254 2,392 2,548 2,576 2,912 2,944 3,136 3,328 3,584 4,186 4,508 4,784 5,096 5,152 5,824 5,888 6,272 6,656 7,168 8,372 9,016 9,568 10,192 10,304 11,648 11,776 12,544 13,312 14,651 16,744 18,032 19,136 20,384 20,608 23,296 23,552 25,088 29,302 33,488 36,064 38,272 40,768 41,216 46,592 50,176 58,604 66,976 72,128 76,544 81,536 82,432 93,184 117,208 133,952 144,256 153,088 163,072 164,864 234,416 267,904 288,512 306,176 326,144 468,832 535,808 577,024 652,288 937,664 1,071,616 1,154,048 1,875,328 2,143,232 3,750,656 7,501,312 and 15,002,624, with no remainder.

Since 15,002,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,002,624, 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).