Q: Is 15,355,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,355,008 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 15,355,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 128 144 162 192 216 288 324 384 432 576 648 864 1,152 1,296 1,481 1,728 2,592 2,962 3,456 4,443 5,184 5,924 8,886 10,368 11,848 13,329 17,772 23,696 26,658 35,544 39,987 47,392 53,316 71,088 79,974 94,784 106,632 119,961 142,176 159,948 189,568 213,264 239,922 284,352 319,896 426,528 479,844 568,704 639,792 853,056 959,688 1,279,584 1,706,112 1,919,376 2,559,168 3,838,752 5,118,336 7,677,504 and 15,355,008, with no remainder.

Since 15,355,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,355,008, 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).