Q: Is 15,051,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,051,520 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 15,051,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 44 55 64 80 88 110 128 160 176 220 256 320 352 440 640 704 880 1,069 1,280 1,408 1,760 2,138 2,816 3,520 4,276 5,345 7,040 8,552 10,690 11,759 14,080 17,104 21,380 23,518 34,208 42,760 47,036 58,795 68,416 85,520 94,072 117,590 136,832 171,040 188,144 235,180 273,664 342,080 376,288 470,360 684,160 752,576 940,720 1,368,320 1,505,152 1,881,440 3,010,304 3,762,880 7,525,760 and 15,051,520, with no remainder.

Since 15,051,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,051,520, 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).