Q: Is 15,723,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,723,792 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 15,723,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 48 56 57 63 72 76 84 112 114 126 133 144 152 168 171 228 252 266 304 336 342 399 456 504 532 684 798 821 912 1,008 1,064 1,197 1,368 1,596 1,642 2,128 2,394 2,463 2,736 3,192 3,284 4,788 4,926 5,747 6,384 6,568 7,389 9,576 9,852 11,494 13,136 14,778 15,599 17,241 19,152 19,704 22,988 29,556 31,198 34,482 39,408 45,976 46,797 51,723 59,112 62,396 68,964 91,952 93,594 103,446 109,193 118,224 124,792 137,928 140,391 187,188 206,892 218,386 249,584 275,856 280,782 327,579 374,376 413,784 436,772 561,564 655,158 748,752 827,568 873,544 982,737 1,123,128 1,310,316 1,747,088 1,965,474 2,246,256 2,620,632 3,930,948 5,241,264 7,861,896 and 15,723,792, with no remainder.

Since 15,723,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,723,792, 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).