Q: Is 15,122,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,122,112 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 15,122,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 41 48 51 64 68 82 96 102 113 123 136 164 192 204 226 246 272 328 339 408 452 492 544 656 678 697 816 904 984 1,088 1,312 1,356 1,394 1,632 1,808 1,921 1,968 2,091 2,624 2,712 2,788 3,264 3,616 3,842 3,936 4,182 4,633 5,424 5,576 5,763 7,232 7,684 7,872 8,364 9,266 10,848 11,152 11,526 13,899 15,368 16,728 18,532 21,696 22,304 23,052 27,798 30,736 33,456 37,064 44,608 46,104 55,596 61,472 66,912 74,128 78,761 92,208 111,192 122,944 133,824 148,256 157,522 184,416 222,384 236,283 296,512 315,044 368,832 444,768 472,566 630,088 889,536 945,132 1,260,176 1,890,264 2,520,352 3,780,528 5,040,704 7,561,056 and 15,122,112, with no remainder.

Since 15,122,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,122,112, 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).