Q: Is 15,240,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,240,160 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 15,240,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 32 34 40 52 65 68 80 85 104 130 136 160 170 208 221 260 272 340 416 431 442 520 544 680 862 884 1,040 1,105 1,360 1,724 1,768 2,080 2,155 2,210 2,720 3,448 3,536 4,310 4,420 5,603 6,896 7,072 7,327 8,620 8,840 11,206 13,792 14,654 17,240 17,680 22,412 28,015 29,308 34,480 35,360 36,635 44,824 56,030 58,616 68,960 73,270 89,648 95,251 112,060 117,232 146,540 179,296 190,502 224,120 234,464 293,080 381,004 448,240 476,255 586,160 762,008 896,480 952,510 1,172,320 1,524,016 1,905,020 3,048,032 3,810,040 7,620,080 and 15,240,160, with no remainder.

Since 15,240,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,240,160, 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).