Q: Is 15,274,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,274,600 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 15,274,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 25 40 44 50 53 55 88 100 106 110 131 200 212 220 262 265 275 424 440 524 530 550 583 655 1,048 1,060 1,100 1,166 1,310 1,325 1,441 2,120 2,200 2,332 2,620 2,650 2,882 2,915 3,275 4,664 5,240 5,300 5,764 5,830 6,550 6,943 7,205 10,600 11,528 11,660 13,100 13,886 14,410 14,575 23,320 26,200 27,772 28,820 29,150 34,715 36,025 55,544 57,640 58,300 69,430 72,050 76,373 116,600 138,860 144,100 152,746 173,575 277,720 288,200 305,492 347,150 381,865 610,984 694,300 763,730 1,388,600 1,527,460 1,909,325 3,054,920 3,818,650 7,637,300 and 15,274,600, with no remainder.

Since 15,274,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,274,600, 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).