Q: Is 15,125,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,125,616 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 15,125,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 144 162 176 198 216 264 297 324 396 432 528 594 648 792 891 1,061 1,188 1,296 1,584 1,782 2,122 2,376 3,183 3,564 4,244 4,752 6,366 7,128 8,488 9,549 11,671 12,732 14,256 16,976 19,098 23,342 25,464 28,647 35,013 38,196 46,684 50,928 57,294 70,026 76,392 85,941 93,368 105,039 114,588 140,052 152,784 171,882 186,736 210,078 229,176 280,104 315,117 343,764 420,156 458,352 560,208 630,234 687,528 840,312 945,351 1,260,468 1,375,056 1,680,624 1,890,702 2,520,936 3,781,404 5,041,872 7,562,808 and 15,125,616, with no remainder.

Since 15,125,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,125,616, 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).