Q: Is 15,031,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,031,008 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 15,031,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,296 1,933 1,944 2,592 3,866 3,888 5,799 7,732 7,776 11,598 15,464 17,397 23,196 30,928 34,794 46,392 52,191 61,856 69,588 92,784 104,382 139,176 156,573 185,568 208,764 278,352 313,146 417,528 469,719 556,704 626,292 835,056 939,438 1,252,584 1,670,112 1,878,876 2,505,168 3,757,752 5,010,336 7,515,504 and 15,031,008, with no remainder.

Since 15,031,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,031,008, 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).