Q: Is 15,357,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,357,168 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 15,357,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 304 342 432 456 513 684 912 1,026 1,368 1,871 2,052 2,736 3,742 4,104 5,613 7,484 8,208 11,226 14,968 16,839 22,452 29,936 33,678 35,549 44,904 50,517 67,356 71,098 89,808 101,034 106,647 134,712 142,196 202,068 213,294 269,424 284,392 319,941 404,136 426,588 568,784 639,882 808,272 853,176 959,823 1,279,764 1,706,352 1,919,646 2,559,528 3,839,292 5,119,056 7,678,584 and 15,357,168, with no remainder.

Since 15,357,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,357,168, 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).