Q: Is 15,146,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,146,320 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 15,146,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 34 35 37 40 43 56 68 70 74 80 85 86 112 119 136 140 148 170 172 185 215 238 259 272 280 296 301 340 344 370 430 476 518 560 592 595 602 629 680 688 731 740 860 952 1,036 1,190 1,204 1,258 1,295 1,360 1,462 1,480 1,505 1,591 1,720 1,904 2,072 2,380 2,408 2,516 2,590 2,924 2,960 3,010 3,145 3,182 3,440 3,655 4,144 4,403 4,760 4,816 5,032 5,117 5,180 5,848 6,020 6,290 6,364 7,310 7,955 8,806 9,520 10,064 10,234 10,360 11,137 11,696 12,040 12,580 12,728 14,620 15,910 17,612 20,468 20,720 22,015 22,274 24,080 25,160 25,456 25,585 27,047 29,240 31,820 35,224 40,936 44,030 44,548 50,320 51,170 54,094 55,685 58,480 63,640 70,448 81,872 88,060 89,096 102,340 108,188 111,370 127,280 135,235 176,120 178,192 189,329 204,680 216,376 222,740 270,470 352,240 378,658 409,360 432,752 445,480 540,940 757,316 890,960 946,645 1,081,880 1,514,632 1,893,290 2,163,760 3,029,264 3,786,580 7,573,160 and 15,146,320, with no remainder.

Since 15,146,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,146,320, 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).