Q: Is 15,898,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,898,752 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 15,898,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 37 48 64 72 74 96 111 128 144 148 192 222 288 296 333 373 384 444 576 592 666 746 888 1,119 1,152 1,184 1,332 1,492 1,776 2,238 2,368 2,664 2,984 3,357 3,552 4,476 4,736 5,328 5,968 6,714 7,104 8,952 10,656 11,936 13,428 13,801 14,208 17,904 21,312 23,872 26,856 27,602 35,808 41,403 42,624 47,744 53,712 55,204 71,616 82,806 107,424 110,408 124,209 143,232 165,612 214,848 220,816 248,418 331,224 429,696 441,632 496,836 662,448 883,264 993,672 1,324,896 1,766,528 1,987,344 2,649,792 3,974,688 5,299,584 7,949,376 and 15,898,752, with no remainder.

Since 15,898,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,898,752, 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).