Q: Is 15,707,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,707,016 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 15,707,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 97 104 117 156 173 194 234 291 312 346 388 468 519 582 692 776 873 936 1,038 1,164 1,261 1,384 1,557 1,746 2,076 2,249 2,328 2,522 3,114 3,492 3,783 4,152 4,498 5,044 6,228 6,747 6,984 7,566 8,996 10,088 11,349 12,456 13,494 15,132 16,781 17,992 20,241 22,698 26,988 30,264 33,562 40,482 45,396 50,343 53,976 67,124 80,964 90,792 100,686 134,248 151,029 161,928 201,372 218,153 302,058 402,744 436,306 604,116 654,459 872,612 1,208,232 1,308,918 1,745,224 1,963,377 2,617,836 3,926,754 5,235,672 7,853,508 and 15,707,016, with no remainder.

Since 15,707,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,707,016, 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).