Q: Is 15,507,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,507,744 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 15,507,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 47 48 56 84 94 96 112 141 168 188 224 282 329 336 376 491 564 658 672 752 982 987 1,128 1,316 1,473 1,504 1,964 1,974 2,256 2,632 2,946 3,437 3,928 3,948 4,512 5,264 5,892 6,874 7,856 7,896 10,311 10,528 11,784 13,748 15,712 15,792 20,622 23,077 23,568 27,496 31,584 41,244 46,154 47,136 54,992 69,231 82,488 92,308 109,984 138,462 161,539 164,976 184,616 276,924 323,078 329,952 369,232 484,617 553,848 646,156 738,464 969,234 1,107,696 1,292,312 1,938,468 2,215,392 2,584,624 3,876,936 5,169,248 7,753,872 and 15,507,744, with no remainder.

Since 15,507,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,507,744, 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).