Q: Is 15,046,746 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,046,746 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 15,046,746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 19 22 26 33 38 39 57 66 71 78 114 142 143 169 209 213 247 286 338 418 426 429 494 507 627 741 781 858 923 1,014 1,254 1,349 1,482 1,562 1,846 1,859 2,343 2,698 2,717 2,769 3,211 3,718 4,047 4,686 5,434 5,538 5,577 6,422 8,094 8,151 9,633 10,153 11,154 11,999 14,839 16,302 17,537 19,266 20,306 23,998 29,678 30,459 35,074 35,321 35,997 44,517 52,611 60,918 70,642 71,994 89,034 105,222 105,963 131,989 192,907 211,926 227,981 263,978 385,814 395,967 455,962 578,721 683,943 791,934 1,157,442 1,367,886 2,507,791 5,015,582 7,523,373 and 15,046,746, with no remainder.

Since 15,046,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,046,746, 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).