Q: Is 15,133,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,133,264 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 15,133,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 23 34 41 46 59 68 82 92 118 136 164 184 236 272 328 368 391 472 656 697 782 943 944 1,003 1,357 1,394 1,564 1,886 2,006 2,419 2,714 2,788 3,128 3,772 4,012 4,838 5,428 5,576 6,256 7,544 8,024 9,676 10,856 11,152 15,088 16,031 16,048 19,352 21,712 23,069 32,062 38,704 41,123 46,138 55,637 64,124 82,246 92,276 111,274 128,248 164,492 184,552 222,548 256,496 328,984 369,104 445,096 657,968 890,192 945,829 1,891,658 3,783,316 7,566,632 and 15,133,264, with no remainder.

Since 15,133,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,133,264, 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).