Q: Is 15,102,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,102,936 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 15,102,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 204 216 243 306 324 408 457 459 486 612 648 914 918 972 1,224 1,371 1,377 1,828 1,836 1,944 2,742 2,754 3,656 3,672 4,113 4,131 5,484 5,508 7,769 8,226 8,262 10,968 11,016 12,339 15,538 16,452 16,524 23,307 24,678 31,076 32,904 33,048 37,017 46,614 49,356 62,152 69,921 74,034 93,228 98,712 111,051 139,842 148,068 186,456 209,763 222,102 279,684 296,136 419,526 444,204 559,368 629,289 839,052 888,408 1,258,578 1,678,104 1,887,867 2,517,156 3,775,734 5,034,312 7,551,468 and 15,102,936, with no remainder.

Since 15,102,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,102,936, 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).