Q: Is 15,828,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,828,048 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 15,828,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 59 69 72 81 92 108 118 138 144 162 177 184 207 216 236 243 276 324 354 368 414 432 472 486 531 552 621 648 708 729 828 944 972 1,062 1,104 1,242 1,296 1,357 1,416 1,458 1,593 1,656 1,863 1,944 2,124 2,484 2,714 2,832 2,916 3,186 3,312 3,726 3,888 4,071 4,248 4,779 4,968 5,428 5,589 5,832 6,372 7,452 8,142 8,496 9,558 9,936 10,856 11,178 11,664 12,213 12,744 14,337 14,904 16,284 16,767 19,116 21,712 22,356 24,426 25,488 28,674 29,808 32,568 33,534 36,639 38,232 43,011 44,712 48,852 57,348 65,136 67,068 73,278 76,464 86,022 89,424 97,704 109,917 114,696 134,136 146,556 172,044 195,408 219,834 229,392 268,272 293,112 329,751 344,088 439,668 586,224 659,502 688,176 879,336 989,253 1,319,004 1,758,672 1,978,506 2,638,008 3,957,012 5,276,016 7,914,024 and 15,828,048, with no remainder.

Since 15,828,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,828,048, 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).