Q: Is 15,400,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,400,392 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 15,400,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 29 42 56 58 84 87 109 116 168 174 203 218 232 327 348 406 436 609 654 696 763 812 841 872 1,218 1,308 1,526 1,624 1,682 2,289 2,436 2,523 2,616 3,052 3,161 3,364 4,578 4,872 5,046 5,887 6,104 6,322 6,728 9,156 9,483 10,092 11,774 12,644 17,661 18,312 18,966 20,184 22,127 23,548 25,288 35,322 37,932 44,254 47,096 66,381 70,644 75,864 88,508 91,669 132,762 141,288 177,016 183,338 265,524 275,007 366,676 531,048 550,014 641,683 733,352 1,100,028 1,283,366 1,925,049 2,200,056 2,566,732 3,850,098 5,133,464 7,700,196 and 15,400,392, with no remainder.

Since 15,400,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,400,392, 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).