Q: Is 15,070,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,070,500 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 15,070,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 25 30 34 36 45 50 51 60 68 75 85 90 100 102 125 150 153 170 180 197 204 225 250 255 300 306 340 375 394 425 450 500 510 591 612 750 765 788 850 900 985 1,020 1,125 1,182 1,275 1,500 1,530 1,700 1,773 1,970 2,125 2,250 2,364 2,550 2,955 3,060 3,349 3,546 3,825 3,940 4,250 4,500 4,925 5,100 5,910 6,375 6,698 7,092 7,650 8,500 8,865 9,850 10,047 11,820 12,750 13,396 14,775 15,300 16,745 17,730 19,125 19,700 20,094 24,625 25,500 29,550 30,141 33,490 35,460 38,250 40,188 44,325 49,250 50,235 59,100 60,282 66,980 73,875 76,500 83,725 88,650 98,500 100,470 120,564 147,750 150,705 167,450 177,300 200,940 221,625 251,175 295,500 301,410 334,900 418,625 443,250 502,350 602,820 753,525 837,250 886,500 1,004,700 1,255,875 1,507,050 1,674,500 2,511,750 3,014,100 3,767,625 5,023,500 7,535,250 and 15,070,500, with no remainder.

Since 15,070,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,070,500, 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).