Q: Is 15,727,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,727,800 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 15,727,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 25 30 33 40 44 50 55 60 66 75 88 100 110 120 132 150 165 200 220 264 275 300 330 440 550 600 660 825 1,100 1,320 1,650 2,200 2,383 3,300 4,766 6,600 7,149 9,532 11,915 14,298 19,064 23,830 26,213 28,596 35,745 47,660 52,426 57,192 59,575 71,490 78,639 95,320 104,852 119,150 131,065 142,980 157,278 178,725 209,704 238,300 262,130 285,960 314,556 357,450 393,195 476,600 524,260 629,112 655,325 714,900 786,390 1,048,520 1,310,650 1,429,800 1,572,780 1,965,975 2,621,300 3,145,560 3,931,950 5,242,600 7,863,900 and 15,727,800, with no remainder.

Since 15,727,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,727,800, 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).