Q: Is 15,461,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,461,264 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 15,461,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 37 41 49 52 56 74 82 91 98 104 112 148 164 182 196 208 259 287 296 328 364 392 481 518 533 574 592 637 656 728 784 962 1,036 1,066 1,148 1,274 1,456 1,517 1,813 1,924 2,009 2,072 2,132 2,296 2,548 3,034 3,367 3,626 3,731 3,848 4,018 4,144 4,264 4,592 5,096 6,068 6,734 7,252 7,462 7,696 8,036 8,528 10,192 10,619 12,136 13,468 14,504 14,924 16,072 19,721 21,238 23,569 24,272 26,117 26,936 29,008 29,848 32,144 39,442 42,476 47,138 52,234 53,872 59,696 74,333 78,884 84,952 94,276 104,468 138,047 148,666 157,768 169,904 188,552 208,936 276,094 297,332 315,536 377,104 417,872 552,188 594,664 966,329 1,104,376 1,189,328 1,932,658 2,208,752 3,865,316 7,730,632 and 15,461,264, with no remainder.

Since 15,461,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,461,264, 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).