Q: Is 15,166,998 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,166,998 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 15,166,998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 31 33 42 62 63 66 77 93 99 126 154 186 198 217 231 279 341 353 434 462 558 651 682 693 706 1,023 1,059 1,302 1,386 1,953 2,046 2,118 2,387 2,471 3,069 3,177 3,883 3,906 4,774 4,942 6,138 6,354 7,161 7,413 7,766 10,943 11,649 14,322 14,826 21,483 21,886 22,239 23,298 27,181 32,829 34,947 42,966 44,478 54,362 65,658 69,894 76,601 81,543 98,487 120,373 153,202 163,086 196,974 229,803 240,746 244,629 361,119 459,606 489,258 689,409 722,238 842,611 1,083,357 1,378,818 1,685,222 2,166,714 2,527,833 5,055,666 7,583,499 and 15,166,998, with no remainder.

Since 15,166,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,166,998, 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).