Q: Is 15,236,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,236,800 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 15,236,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 89 100 107 160 178 200 214 320 356 400 428 445 535 712 800 856 890 1,070 1,424 1,600 1,712 1,780 2,140 2,225 2,675 2,848 3,424 3,560 4,280 4,450 5,350 5,696 6,848 7,120 8,560 8,900 9,523 10,700 14,240 17,120 17,800 19,046 21,400 28,480 34,240 35,600 38,092 42,800 47,615 71,200 76,184 85,600 95,230 142,400 152,368 171,200 190,460 238,075 304,736 380,920 476,150 609,472 761,840 952,300 1,523,680 1,904,600 3,047,360 3,809,200 7,618,400 and 15,236,800, with no remainder.

Since 15,236,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,236,800, 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).