Q: Is 15,550,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,550,512 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 15,550,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 34 38 48 51 57 59 68 76 102 114 118 136 152 177 204 228 236 272 289 304 323 354 408 456 472 578 646 708 816 867 912 944 969 1,003 1,121 1,156 1,292 1,416 1,734 1,938 2,006 2,242 2,312 2,584 2,832 3,009 3,363 3,468 3,876 4,012 4,484 4,624 5,168 5,491 6,018 6,726 6,936 7,752 8,024 8,968 10,982 12,036 13,452 13,872 15,504 16,048 16,473 17,051 17,936 19,057 21,964 24,072 26,904 32,946 34,102 38,114 43,928 48,144 51,153 53,808 57,171 65,892 68,204 76,228 87,856 102,306 114,342 131,784 136,408 152,456 204,612 228,684 263,568 272,816 304,912 323,969 409,224 457,368 647,938 818,448 914,736 971,907 1,295,876 1,943,814 2,591,752 3,887,628 5,183,504 7,775,256 and 15,550,512, with no remainder.

Since 15,550,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,550,512, 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).