Q: Is 15,024,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,024,128 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 15,024,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 128 131 224 256 262 448 512 524 896 917 1,024 1,048 1,792 1,834 2,048 2,096 3,584 3,668 4,096 4,192 7,168 7,336 8,192 8,384 14,336 14,672 16,384 16,768 28,672 29,344 33,536 57,344 58,688 67,072 114,688 117,376 134,144 234,752 268,288 469,504 536,576 939,008 1,073,152 1,878,016 2,146,304 3,756,032 7,512,064 and 15,024,128, with no remainder.

Since 15,024,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,024,128, 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).