Q: Is 15,290,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,290,016 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 15,290,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 61 84 96 112 122 168 183 224 244 336 366 373 427 488 672 732 746 854 976 1,119 1,281 1,464 1,492 1,708 1,952 2,238 2,562 2,611 2,928 2,984 3,416 4,476 5,124 5,222 5,856 5,968 6,832 7,833 8,952 10,248 10,444 11,936 13,664 15,666 17,904 20,496 20,888 22,753 31,332 35,808 40,992 41,776 45,506 62,664 68,259 83,552 91,012 125,328 136,518 159,271 182,024 250,656 273,036 318,542 364,048 477,813 546,072 637,084 728,096 955,626 1,092,144 1,274,168 1,911,252 2,184,288 2,548,336 3,822,504 5,096,672 7,645,008 and 15,290,016, with no remainder.

Since 15,290,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,290,016, 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).