Q: Is 15,432,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,432,560 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 15,432,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 19 20 22 26 38 40 44 52 55 65 71 76 80 88 95 104 110 130 142 143 152 176 190 208 209 220 247 260 284 286 304 355 380 418 440 494 520 568 572 710 715 760 781 836 880 923 988 1,040 1,045 1,136 1,144 1,235 1,349 1,420 1,430 1,520 1,562 1,672 1,846 1,976 2,090 2,288 2,470 2,698 2,717 2,840 2,860 3,124 3,344 3,692 3,905 3,952 4,180 4,615 4,940 5,396 5,434 5,680 5,720 6,248 6,745 7,384 7,810 8,360 9,230 9,880 10,153 10,792 10,868 11,440 12,496 13,490 13,585 14,768 14,839 15,620 16,720 17,537 18,460 19,760 20,306 21,584 21,736 26,980 27,170 29,678 31,240 35,074 36,920 40,612 43,472 50,765 53,960 54,340 59,356 62,480 70,148 73,840 74,195 81,224 87,685 101,530 107,920 108,680 118,712 140,296 148,390 162,448 175,370 192,907 203,060 217,360 237,424 280,592 296,780 350,740 385,814 406,120 593,560 701,480 771,628 812,240 964,535 1,187,120 1,402,960 1,543,256 1,929,070 3,086,512 3,858,140 7,716,280 and 15,432,560, with no remainder.

Since 15,432,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,432,560, 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).