Q: Is 15,460,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,460,368 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 15,460,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 47 48 56 66 77 84 88 89 94 112 132 141 154 168 176 178 188 231 264 267 282 308 329 336 356 376 462 517 528 534 564 616 623 658 712 752 924 979 987 1,034 1,068 1,128 1,232 1,246 1,316 1,424 1,551 1,848 1,869 1,958 1,974 2,068 2,136 2,256 2,492 2,632 2,937 3,102 3,619 3,696 3,738 3,916 3,948 4,136 4,183 4,272 4,984 5,264 5,874 6,204 6,853 7,238 7,476 7,832 7,896 8,272 8,366 9,968 10,857 11,748 12,408 12,549 13,706 14,476 14,952 15,664 15,792 16,732 20,559 21,714 23,496 24,816 25,098 27,412 28,952 29,281 29,904 33,464 41,118 43,428 46,013 46,992 50,196 54,824 57,904 58,562 66,928 82,236 86,856 87,843 92,026 100,392 109,648 117,124 138,039 164,472 173,712 175,686 184,052 200,784 234,248 276,078 322,091 328,944 351,372 368,104 468,496 552,156 644,182 702,744 736,208 966,273 1,104,312 1,288,364 1,405,488 1,932,546 2,208,624 2,576,728 3,865,092 5,153,456 7,730,184 and 15,460,368, with no remainder.

Since 15,460,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,460,368, 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).