Q: Is 15,283,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,283,476 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 15,283,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 113 117 153 156 204 221 226 234 289 306 339 442 452 468 578 612 663 678 867 884 1,017 1,156 1,326 1,356 1,469 1,734 1,921 1,989 2,034 2,601 2,652 2,938 3,468 3,757 3,842 3,978 4,068 4,407 5,202 5,763 5,876 7,514 7,684 7,956 8,814 10,404 11,271 11,526 13,221 15,028 17,289 17,628 22,542 23,052 24,973 26,442 32,657 33,813 34,578 45,084 49,946 52,884 65,314 67,626 69,156 74,919 97,971 99,892 130,628 135,252 149,838 195,942 224,757 293,913 299,676 391,884 424,541 449,514 587,826 849,082 899,028 1,175,652 1,273,623 1,698,164 2,547,246 3,820,869 5,094,492 7,641,738 and 15,283,476, with no remainder.

Since 15,283,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,283,476, 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).