Q: Is 15,031,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,031,632 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 15,031,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 49 56 66 77 83 84 88 98 112 132 147 154 166 168 176 196 231 249 264 294 308 332 336 343 392 462 498 528 539 581 588 616 664 686 784 913 924 996 1,029 1,078 1,162 1,176 1,232 1,328 1,372 1,617 1,743 1,826 1,848 1,992 2,058 2,156 2,324 2,352 2,739 2,744 3,234 3,486 3,652 3,696 3,773 3,984 4,067 4,116 4,312 4,648 5,478 5,488 6,391 6,468 6,972 7,304 7,546 8,134 8,232 8,624 9,296 10,956 11,319 12,201 12,782 12,936 13,944 14,608 15,092 16,268 16,464 19,173 21,912 22,638 24,402 25,564 25,872 27,888 28,469 30,184 32,536 38,346 43,824 44,737 45,276 48,804 51,128 56,938 60,368 65,072 76,692 85,407 89,474 90,552 97,608 102,256 113,876 134,211 153,384 170,814 178,948 181,104 195,216 227,752 268,422 306,768 313,159 341,628 357,896 455,504 536,844 626,318 683,256 715,792 939,477 1,073,688 1,252,636 1,366,512 1,878,954 2,147,376 2,505,272 3,757,908 5,010,544 7,515,816 and 15,031,632, with no remainder.

Since 15,031,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,031,632, 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).