Q: Is 15,527,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,527,520 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 15,527,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 41 45 48 60 72 80 82 90 96 120 123 144 160 164 180 205 240 246 263 288 328 360 369 410 480 492 526 615 656 720 738 789 820 984 1,052 1,230 1,312 1,315 1,440 1,476 1,578 1,640 1,845 1,968 2,104 2,367 2,460 2,630 2,952 3,156 3,280 3,690 3,936 3,945 4,208 4,734 4,920 5,260 5,904 6,312 6,560 7,380 7,890 8,416 9,468 9,840 10,520 10,783 11,808 11,835 12,624 14,760 15,780 18,936 19,680 21,040 21,566 23,670 25,248 29,520 31,560 32,349 37,872 42,080 43,132 47,340 53,915 59,040 63,120 64,698 75,744 86,264 94,680 97,047 107,830 126,240 129,396 161,745 172,528 189,360 194,094 215,660 258,792 323,490 345,056 378,720 388,188 431,320 485,235 517,584 646,980 776,376 862,640 970,470 1,035,168 1,293,960 1,552,752 1,725,280 1,940,940 2,587,920 3,105,504 3,881,880 5,175,840 7,763,760 and 15,527,520, with no remainder.

Since 15,527,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,527,520, 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).