Q: Is 15,734,628 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,734,628 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 15,734,628 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 21 26 27 28 36 39 42 52 54 63 78 84 91 108 117 126 156 182 189 234 252 273 351 364 378 468 546 702 756 819 1,092 1,404 1,601 1,638 2,457 3,202 3,276 4,803 4,914 6,404 9,606 9,828 11,207 14,409 19,212 20,813 22,414 28,818 33,621 41,626 43,227 44,828 57,636 62,439 67,242 83,252 86,454 100,863 124,878 134,484 145,691 172,908 187,317 201,726 249,756 291,382 302,589 374,634 403,452 437,073 561,951 582,764 605,178 749,268 874,146 1,123,902 1,210,356 1,311,219 1,748,292 2,247,804 2,622,438 3,933,657 5,244,876 7,867,314 and 15,734,628, with no remainder.

Since 15,734,628 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,734,628, 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).