Q: Is 15,477,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,477,480 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 15,477,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 24 27 30 34 36 40 45 51 54 60 68 72 81 85 90 102 108 120 135 136 153 162 170 180 204 216 255 270 281 306 324 340 360 405 408 459 510 540 562 612 648 680 765 810 843 918 1,020 1,080 1,124 1,224 1,377 1,405 1,530 1,620 1,686 1,836 2,040 2,248 2,295 2,529 2,754 2,810 3,060 3,240 3,372 3,672 4,215 4,590 4,777 5,058 5,508 5,620 6,120 6,744 6,885 7,587 8,430 9,180 9,554 10,116 11,016 11,240 12,645 13,770 14,331 15,174 16,860 18,360 19,108 20,232 22,761 23,885 25,290 27,540 28,662 30,348 33,720 37,935 38,216 42,993 45,522 47,770 50,580 55,080 57,324 60,696 71,655 75,870 85,986 91,044 95,540 101,160 113,805 114,648 128,979 143,310 151,740 171,972 182,088 191,080 214,965 227,610 257,958 286,620 303,480 343,944 386,937 429,930 455,220 515,916 573,240 644,895 773,874 859,860 910,440 1,031,832 1,289,790 1,547,748 1,719,720 1,934,685 2,579,580 3,095,496 3,869,370 5,159,160 7,738,740 and 15,477,480, with no remainder.

Since 15,477,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,477,480, 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).