Q: Is 15,162,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,162,120 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 15,162,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 90 101 108 120 135 139 180 202 216 270 278 303 360 404 417 505 540 556 606 695 808 834 909 1,010 1,080 1,112 1,212 1,251 1,390 1,515 1,668 1,818 2,020 2,085 2,424 2,502 2,727 2,780 3,030 3,336 3,636 3,753 4,040 4,170 4,545 5,004 5,454 5,560 6,060 6,255 7,272 7,506 8,340 9,090 10,008 10,908 12,120 12,510 13,635 14,039 15,012 16,680 18,180 18,765 21,816 25,020 27,270 28,078 30,024 36,360 37,530 42,117 50,040 54,540 56,156 70,195 75,060 84,234 109,080 112,312 126,351 140,390 150,120 168,468 210,585 252,702 280,780 336,936 379,053 421,170 505,404 561,560 631,755 758,106 842,340 1,010,808 1,263,510 1,516,212 1,684,680 1,895,265 2,527,020 3,032,424 3,790,530 5,054,040 7,581,060 and 15,162,120, with no remainder.

Since 15,162,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,162,120, 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).