Q: Is 15,475,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,475,152 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 15,475,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 53 56 66 77 79 84 88 106 112 132 154 158 159 168 176 212 231 237 264 308 316 318 336 371 424 462 474 528 553 583 616 632 636 742 848 869 924 948 1,106 1,113 1,166 1,232 1,264 1,272 1,484 1,659 1,738 1,749 1,848 1,896 2,212 2,226 2,332 2,544 2,607 2,968 3,318 3,476 3,498 3,696 3,792 4,081 4,187 4,424 4,452 4,664 5,214 5,936 6,083 6,636 6,952 6,996 8,162 8,374 8,848 8,904 9,328 10,428 12,166 12,243 12,561 13,272 13,904 13,992 16,324 16,748 17,808 18,249 20,856 24,332 24,486 25,122 26,544 27,984 29,309 32,648 33,496 36,498 41,712 46,057 48,664 48,972 50,244 58,618 65,296 66,992 72,996 87,927 92,114 97,328 97,944 100,488 117,236 138,171 145,992 175,854 184,228 195,888 200,976 234,472 276,342 291,984 322,399 351,708 368,456 468,944 552,684 644,798 703,416 736,912 967,197 1,105,368 1,289,596 1,406,832 1,934,394 2,210,736 2,579,192 3,868,788 5,158,384 7,737,576 and 15,475,152, with no remainder.

Since 15,475,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,475,152, 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).