Q: Is 15,336,426 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,336,426 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 15,336,426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 37 42 71 74 111 139 142 213 222 259 278 417 426 497 518 777 834 973 994 1,491 1,554 1,946 2,627 2,919 2,982 5,143 5,254 5,838 7,881 9,869 10,286 15,429 15,762 18,389 19,738 29,607 30,858 36,001 36,778 55,167 59,214 69,083 72,002 108,003 110,334 138,166 207,249 216,006 365,153 414,498 730,306 1,095,459 2,190,918 2,556,071 5,112,142 7,668,213 and 15,336,426, with no remainder.

Since 15,336,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,336,426, 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).