Q: Is 15,101,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,101,520 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 15,101,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 48 56 60 70 80 84 89 101 105 112 120 140 168 178 202 210 240 267 280 303 336 356 404 420 445 505 534 560 606 623 707 712 808 840 890 1,010 1,068 1,212 1,246 1,335 1,414 1,424 1,515 1,616 1,680 1,780 1,869 2,020 2,121 2,136 2,424 2,492 2,670 2,828 3,030 3,115 3,535 3,560 3,738 4,040 4,242 4,272 4,848 4,984 5,340 5,656 6,060 6,230 7,070 7,120 7,476 8,080 8,484 8,989 9,345 9,968 10,605 10,680 11,312 12,120 12,460 14,140 14,952 16,968 17,978 18,690 21,210 21,360 24,240 24,920 26,967 28,280 29,904 33,936 35,956 37,380 42,420 44,945 49,840 53,934 56,560 62,923 71,912 74,760 84,840 89,890 107,868 125,846 134,835 143,824 149,520 169,680 179,780 188,769 215,736 251,692 269,670 314,615 359,560 377,538 431,472 503,384 539,340 629,230 719,120 755,076 943,845 1,006,768 1,078,680 1,258,460 1,510,152 1,887,690 2,157,360 2,516,920 3,020,304 3,775,380 5,033,840 7,550,760 and 15,101,520, with no remainder.

Since 15,101,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,101,520, 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).