Q: Is 15,542,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,542,020 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 15,542,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 23 26 46 52 65 92 113 115 130 226 230 260 299 452 460 529 565 598 1,058 1,130 1,196 1,469 1,495 2,116 2,260 2,599 2,645 2,938 2,990 5,198 5,290 5,876 5,980 6,877 7,345 10,396 10,580 12,995 13,754 14,690 25,990 27,508 29,380 33,787 34,385 51,980 59,777 67,574 68,770 119,554 135,148 137,540 168,935 239,108 298,885 337,870 597,770 675,740 777,101 1,195,540 1,554,202 3,108,404 3,885,505 7,771,010 and 15,542,020, with no remainder.

Since 15,542,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,542,020, 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).