Q: Is 15,616,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,616,152 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 15,616,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 29 36 54 58 72 81 87 108 116 162 174 216 232 243 261 277 324 348 486 522 554 648 696 783 831 972 1,044 1,108 1,566 1,662 1,944 2,088 2,216 2,349 2,493 3,132 3,324 4,698 4,986 6,264 6,648 7,047 7,479 8,033 9,396 9,972 14,094 14,958 16,066 18,792 19,944 22,437 24,099 28,188 29,916 32,132 44,874 48,198 56,376 59,832 64,264 67,311 72,297 89,748 96,396 134,622 144,594 179,496 192,792 216,891 269,244 289,188 433,782 538,488 578,376 650,673 867,564 1,301,346 1,735,128 1,952,019 2,602,692 3,904,038 5,205,384 7,808,076 and 15,616,152, with no remainder.

Since 15,616,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,616,152, 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).