Q: Is 15,682,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,682,272 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 15,682,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 43 48 58 86 87 96 116 129 131 172 174 232 258 262 344 348 393 464 516 524 688 696 786 928 1,032 1,048 1,247 1,376 1,392 1,572 2,064 2,096 2,494 2,784 3,144 3,741 3,799 4,128 4,192 4,988 5,633 6,288 7,482 7,598 9,976 11,266 11,397 12,576 14,964 15,196 16,899 19,952 22,532 22,794 29,928 30,392 33,798 39,904 45,064 45,588 59,856 60,784 67,596 90,128 91,176 119,712 121,568 135,192 163,357 180,256 182,352 270,384 326,714 364,704 490,071 540,768 653,428 980,142 1,306,856 1,960,284 2,613,712 3,920,568 5,227,424 7,841,136 and 15,682,272, with no remainder.

Since 15,682,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,682,272, 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).