Q: Is 15,044,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,044,940 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 15,044,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 37 45 54 60 74 81 90 108 111 135 148 162 180 185 222 251 270 324 333 370 405 444 502 540 555 666 740 753 810 999 1,004 1,110 1,255 1,332 1,506 1,620 1,665 1,998 2,220 2,259 2,510 2,997 3,012 3,330 3,765 3,996 4,518 4,995 5,020 5,994 6,660 6,777 7,530 9,036 9,287 9,990 11,295 11,988 13,554 14,985 15,060 18,574 19,980 20,331 22,590 27,108 27,861 29,970 33,885 37,148 40,662 45,180 46,435 55,722 59,940 67,770 81,324 83,583 92,870 101,655 111,444 135,540 139,305 167,166 185,740 203,310 250,749 278,610 334,332 406,620 417,915 501,498 557,220 752,247 835,830 1,002,996 1,253,745 1,504,494 1,671,660 2,507,490 3,008,988 3,761,235 5,014,980 7,522,470 and 15,044,940, with no remainder.

Since 15,044,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,044,940, 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).