Q: Is 15,245,412 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,245,412 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 15,245,412 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 23 26 28 39 42 46 52 69 78 84 91 92 138 156 161 182 273 276 299 322 364 483 546 598 607 644 897 966 1,092 1,196 1,214 1,794 1,821 1,932 2,093 2,428 3,588 3,642 4,186 4,249 6,279 7,284 7,891 8,372 8,498 12,558 12,747 13,961 15,782 16,996 23,673 25,116 25,494 27,922 31,564 41,883 47,346 50,988 55,237 55,844 83,766 94,692 97,727 110,474 165,711 167,532 181,493 195,454 220,948 293,181 331,422 362,986 390,908 544,479 586,362 662,844 725,972 1,088,958 1,172,724 1,270,451 2,177,916 2,540,902 3,811,353 5,081,804 7,622,706 and 15,245,412, with no remainder.

Since 15,245,412 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,245,412, 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).