Q: Is 15,252,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,252,732 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 15,252,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 37 44 54 66 74 99 108 111 132 148 198 222 297 333 347 396 407 444 594 666 694 814 999 1,041 1,188 1,221 1,332 1,388 1,628 1,998 2,082 2,442 3,123 3,663 3,817 3,996 4,164 4,884 6,246 7,326 7,634 9,369 10,989 11,451 12,492 12,839 14,652 15,268 18,738 21,978 22,902 25,678 34,353 37,476 38,517 43,956 45,804 51,356 68,706 77,034 103,059 115,551 137,412 141,229 154,068 206,118 231,102 282,458 346,653 412,236 423,687 462,204 564,916 693,306 847,374 1,271,061 1,386,612 1,694,748 2,542,122 3,813,183 5,084,244 7,626,366 and 15,252,732, with no remainder.

Since 15,252,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,252,732, 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).