Q: Is 15,342,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,342,264 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 15,342,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 73 84 108 126 139 146 168 189 216 219 252 278 292 378 417 438 504 511 556 584 657 756 834 876 973 1,022 1,112 1,251 1,314 1,512 1,533 1,668 1,752 1,946 1,971 2,044 2,502 2,628 2,919 3,066 3,336 3,753 3,892 3,942 4,088 4,599 5,004 5,256 5,838 6,132 7,506 7,784 7,884 8,757 9,198 10,008 10,147 11,676 12,264 13,797 15,012 15,768 17,514 18,396 20,294 23,352 26,271 27,594 30,024 30,441 35,028 36,792 40,588 52,542 55,188 60,882 70,056 71,029 81,176 91,323 105,084 110,376 121,764 142,058 182,646 210,168 213,087 243,528 273,969 284,116 365,292 426,174 547,938 568,232 639,261 730,584 852,348 1,095,876 1,278,522 1,704,696 1,917,783 2,191,752 2,557,044 3,835,566 5,114,088 7,671,132 and 15,342,264, with no remainder.

Since 15,342,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,342,264, 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).