Q: Is 15,540,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,540,200 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 15,540,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 25 26 40 43 50 52 65 86 100 104 130 139 172 200 215 260 278 325 344 430 520 556 559 650 695 860 1,075 1,112 1,118 1,300 1,390 1,720 1,807 2,150 2,236 2,600 2,780 2,795 3,475 3,614 4,300 4,472 5,560 5,590 5,977 6,950 7,228 8,600 9,035 11,180 11,954 13,900 13,975 14,456 18,070 22,360 23,908 27,800 27,950 29,885 36,140 45,175 47,816 55,900 59,770 72,280 77,701 90,350 111,800 119,540 149,425 155,402 180,700 239,080 298,850 310,804 361,400 388,505 597,700 621,608 777,010 1,195,400 1,554,020 1,942,525 3,108,040 3,885,050 7,770,100 and 15,540,200, with no remainder.

Since 15,540,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,540,200, 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).