Q: Is 15,135,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,135,648 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 15,135,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 66 88 96 121 132 176 242 264 352 363 484 528 726 968 1,056 1,303 1,452 1,936 2,606 2,904 3,872 3,909 5,212 5,808 7,818 10,424 11,616 14,333 15,636 20,848 28,666 31,272 41,696 42,999 57,332 62,544 85,998 114,664 125,088 157,663 171,996 229,328 315,326 343,992 458,656 472,989 630,652 687,984 945,978 1,261,304 1,375,968 1,891,956 2,522,608 3,783,912 5,045,216 7,567,824 and 15,135,648, with no remainder.

Since 15,135,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,135,648, 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).