Q: Is 15,199,338 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,199,338 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 15,199,338 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 66 77 154 167 197 231 334 394 462 501 591 1,002 1,169 1,182 1,379 1,837 2,167 2,338 2,758 3,507 3,674 4,137 4,334 5,511 6,501 7,014 8,274 11,022 12,859 13,002 15,169 25,718 30,338 32,899 38,577 45,507 65,798 77,154 91,014 98,697 197,394 230,293 361,889 460,586 690,879 723,778 1,085,667 1,381,758 2,171,334 2,533,223 5,066,446 7,599,669 and 15,199,338, with no remainder.

Since 15,199,338 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,199,338, 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).