Q: Is 15,554,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,554,112 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 15,554,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 71 84 96 112 142 163 168 192 213 224 284 326 336 426 448 489 497 568 652 672 852 978 994 1,136 1,141 1,304 1,344 1,491 1,704 1,956 1,988 2,272 2,282 2,608 2,982 3,408 3,423 3,912 3,976 4,544 4,564 5,216 5,964 6,816 6,846 7,824 7,952 9,128 10,432 11,573 11,928 13,632 13,692 15,648 15,904 18,256 23,146 23,856 27,384 31,296 31,808 34,719 36,512 46,292 47,712 54,768 69,438 73,024 81,011 92,584 95,424 109,536 138,876 162,022 185,168 219,072 243,033 277,752 324,044 370,336 486,066 555,504 648,088 740,672 972,132 1,111,008 1,296,176 1,944,264 2,222,016 2,592,352 3,888,528 5,184,704 7,777,056 and 15,554,112, with no remainder.

Since 15,554,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,554,112, 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).