Q: Is 15,753,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,753,120 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 15,753,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 37 40 48 60 74 80 96 111 120 148 160 185 222 240 296 370 444 480 555 592 740 887 888 1,110 1,184 1,480 1,774 1,776 2,220 2,661 2,960 3,548 3,552 4,435 4,440 5,322 5,920 7,096 8,870 8,880 10,644 13,305 14,192 17,740 17,760 21,288 26,610 28,384 32,819 35,480 42,576 53,220 65,638 70,960 85,152 98,457 106,440 131,276 141,920 164,095 196,914 212,880 262,552 328,190 393,828 425,760 492,285 525,104 656,380 787,656 984,570 1,050,208 1,312,760 1,575,312 1,969,140 2,625,520 3,150,624 3,938,280 5,251,040 7,876,560 and 15,753,120, with no remainder.

Since 15,753,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,753,120, 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).