Q: Is 15,108,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,108,432 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 15,108,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 37 47 48 74 94 111 141 148 181 188 222 282 296 362 376 444 543 564 592 724 752 888 1,086 1,128 1,448 1,739 1,776 2,172 2,256 2,896 3,478 4,344 5,217 6,697 6,956 8,507 8,688 10,434 13,394 13,912 17,014 20,091 20,868 25,521 26,788 27,824 34,028 40,182 41,736 51,042 53,576 68,056 80,364 83,472 102,084 107,152 136,112 160,728 204,168 314,759 321,456 408,336 629,518 944,277 1,259,036 1,888,554 2,518,072 3,777,108 5,036,144 7,554,216 and 15,108,432, with no remainder.

Since 15,108,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,108,432, 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).