Q: Is 15,252,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,252,288 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 15,252,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 32 37 38 48 57 64 74 76 96 111 113 114 148 152 192 222 226 228 296 304 339 444 452 456 592 608 678 703 888 904 912 1,184 1,216 1,356 1,406 1,776 1,808 1,824 2,109 2,147 2,368 2,712 2,812 3,552 3,616 3,648 4,181 4,218 4,294 5,424 5,624 6,441 7,104 7,232 8,362 8,436 8,588 10,848 11,248 12,543 12,882 16,724 16,872 17,176 21,696 22,496 25,086 25,764 33,448 33,744 34,352 44,992 50,172 51,528 66,896 67,488 68,704 79,439 100,344 103,056 133,792 134,976 137,408 158,878 200,688 206,112 238,317 267,584 317,756 401,376 412,224 476,634 635,512 802,752 953,268 1,271,024 1,906,536 2,542,048 3,813,072 5,084,096 7,626,144 and 15,252,288, with no remainder.

Since 15,252,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,252,288, 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).