Q: Is 15,137,514 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,137,514 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 15,137,514 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 34 37 42 51 63 74 102 111 119 126 153 191 222 238 259 306 333 357 382 518 573 629 666 714 777 1,071 1,146 1,258 1,337 1,554 1,719 1,887 2,142 2,331 2,674 3,247 3,438 3,774 4,011 4,403 4,662 5,661 6,494 7,067 8,022 8,806 9,741 11,322 12,033 13,209 14,134 19,482 21,201 22,729 24,066 26,418 29,223 39,627 42,402 45,458 49,469 58,446 63,603 68,187 79,254 98,938 120,139 127,206 136,374 148,407 204,561 240,278 296,814 360,417 409,122 445,221 720,834 840,973 890,442 1,081,251 1,681,946 2,162,502 2,522,919 5,045,838 7,568,757 and 15,137,514, with no remainder.

Since 15,137,514 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,137,514, 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).