Q: Is 15,098,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,098,688 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 15,098,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 192 198 264 288 352 396 528 576 704 792 1,056 1,584 2,112 2,383 3,168 4,766 6,336 7,149 9,532 14,298 19,064 21,447 26,213 28,596 38,128 42,894 52,426 57,192 76,256 78,639 85,788 104,852 114,384 152,512 157,278 171,576 209,704 228,768 235,917 314,556 343,152 419,408 457,536 471,834 629,112 686,304 838,816 943,668 1,258,224 1,372,608 1,677,632 1,887,336 2,516,448 3,774,672 5,032,896 7,549,344 and 15,098,688, with no remainder.

Since 15,098,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,098,688, 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).