Q: Is 15,115,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,115,600 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 15,115,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 23 25 31 40 46 50 53 62 80 92 100 106 115 124 155 184 200 212 230 248 265 310 368 400 424 460 496 530 575 620 713 775 848 920 1,060 1,150 1,219 1,240 1,325 1,426 1,550 1,643 1,840 2,120 2,300 2,438 2,480 2,650 2,852 3,100 3,286 3,565 4,240 4,600 4,876 5,300 5,704 6,095 6,200 6,572 7,130 8,215 9,200 9,752 10,600 11,408 12,190 12,400 13,144 14,260 16,430 17,825 19,504 21,200 24,380 26,288 28,520 30,475 32,860 35,650 37,789 41,075 48,760 57,040 60,950 65,720 71,300 75,578 82,150 97,520 121,900 131,440 142,600 151,156 164,300 188,945 243,800 285,200 302,312 328,600 377,890 487,600 604,624 657,200 755,780 944,725 1,511,560 1,889,450 3,023,120 3,778,900 7,557,800 and 15,115,600, with no remainder.

Since 15,115,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,115,600, 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).