Q: Is 15,347,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,347,124 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 15,347,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 27 34 36 39 51 52 54 68 78 102 108 117 153 156 204 221 234 306 351 442 459 468 612 643 663 702 884 918 1,286 1,326 1,404 1,836 1,929 1,989 2,572 2,652 3,858 3,978 5,787 5,967 7,716 7,956 8,359 10,931 11,574 11,934 16,718 17,361 21,862 23,148 23,868 25,077 32,793 33,436 34,722 43,724 50,154 65,586 69,444 75,231 98,379 100,308 131,172 142,103 150,462 196,758 225,693 284,206 295,137 300,924 393,516 426,309 451,386 568,412 590,274 852,618 902,772 1,180,548 1,278,927 1,705,236 2,557,854 3,836,781 5,115,708 7,673,562 and 15,347,124, with no remainder.

Since 15,347,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,347,124, 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).