Q: Is 15,636,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,636,432 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 15,636,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 168 173 269 336 346 519 538 692 807 1,038 1,076 1,211 1,384 1,614 1,883 2,076 2,152 2,422 2,768 3,228 3,633 3,766 4,152 4,304 4,844 5,649 6,456 7,266 7,532 8,304 9,688 11,298 12,912 14,532 15,064 19,376 22,596 29,064 30,128 45,192 46,537 58,128 90,384 93,074 139,611 186,148 279,222 325,759 372,296 558,444 651,518 744,592 977,277 1,116,888 1,303,036 1,954,554 2,233,776 2,606,072 3,909,108 5,212,144 7,818,216 and 15,636,432, with no remainder.

Since 15,636,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,636,432, 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).