Q: Is 15,003,690 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,003,690 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 15,003,690 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 17 26 30 31 34 39 51 62 65 73 78 85 93 102 130 146 155 170 186 195 219 221 255 310 365 390 403 438 442 465 510 527 663 730 806 930 949 1,054 1,095 1,105 1,209 1,241 1,326 1,581 1,898 2,015 2,190 2,210 2,263 2,418 2,482 2,635 2,847 3,162 3,315 3,723 4,030 4,526 4,745 5,270 5,694 6,045 6,205 6,630 6,789 6,851 7,446 7,905 9,490 11,315 12,090 12,410 13,578 13,702 14,235 15,810 16,133 18,615 20,553 22,630 28,470 29,419 32,266 33,945 34,255 37,230 38,471 41,106 48,399 58,838 67,890 68,510 76,942 80,665 88,257 96,798 102,765 115,413 147,095 161,330 176,514 192,355 205,530 230,826 241,995 294,190 384,710 441,285 483,990 500,123 577,065 882,570 1,000,246 1,154,130 1,500,369 2,500,615 3,000,738 5,001,230 7,501,845 and 15,003,690, with no remainder.

Since 15,003,690 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,003,690, 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).