Q: Is 15,053,220 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,053,220 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 15,053,220 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 18 20 21 26 28 30 35 36 39 42 45 52 60 63 65 70 78 84 90 91 105 117 126 130 140 156 180 182 195 210 234 252 260 273 315 364 390 420 455 468 546 585 630 780 819 910 919 1,092 1,170 1,260 1,365 1,638 1,820 1,838 2,340 2,730 2,757 3,276 3,676 4,095 4,595 5,460 5,514 6,433 8,190 8,271 9,190 11,028 11,947 12,866 13,785 16,380 16,542 18,380 19,299 23,894 25,732 27,570 32,165 33,084 35,841 38,598 41,355 47,788 55,140 57,897 59,735 64,330 71,682 77,196 82,710 83,629 96,495 107,523 115,794 119,470 128,660 143,364 165,420 167,258 179,205 192,990 215,046 231,588 238,940 250,887 289,485 334,516 358,410 385,980 418,145 430,092 501,774 537,615 578,970 716,820 752,661 836,290 1,003,548 1,075,230 1,157,940 1,254,435 1,505,322 1,672,580 2,150,460 2,508,870 3,010,644 3,763,305 5,017,740 7,526,610 and 15,053,220, with no remainder.

Since 15,053,220 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,053,220, 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).