Q: Is 15,551,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,551,088 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 15,551,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 42 48 56 62 84 93 112 124 168 186 217 248 336 372 434 496 651 744 868 1,302 1,488 1,493 1,736 2,604 2,986 3,472 4,479 5,208 5,972 8,958 10,416 10,451 11,944 17,916 20,902 23,888 31,353 35,832 41,804 46,283 62,706 71,664 83,608 92,566 125,412 138,849 167,216 185,132 250,824 277,698 323,981 370,264 501,648 555,396 647,962 740,528 971,943 1,110,792 1,295,924 1,943,886 2,221,584 2,591,848 3,887,772 5,183,696 7,775,544 and 15,551,088, with no remainder.

Since 15,551,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,551,088, 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).