Q: Is 15,980,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,980,272 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 15,980,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 17 22 28 34 44 49 56 68 77 88 98 109 112 119 136 154 176 187 196 218 238 272 308 374 392 436 476 539 616 748 763 784 833 872 952 1,078 1,199 1,232 1,309 1,496 1,526 1,666 1,744 1,853 1,904 2,156 2,398 2,618 2,992 3,052 3,332 3,706 4,312 4,796 5,236 5,341 6,104 6,664 7,412 8,393 8,624 9,163 9,592 10,472 10,682 12,208 12,971 13,328 14,824 16,786 18,326 19,184 20,383 20,944 21,364 25,942 29,648 33,572 36,652 40,766 42,728 51,884 58,751 67,144 73,304 81,532 85,456 90,797 103,768 117,502 134,288 142,681 146,608 163,064 181,594 207,536 235,004 285,362 326,128 363,188 470,008 570,724 726,376 940,016 998,767 1,141,448 1,452,752 1,997,534 2,282,896 3,995,068 7,990,136 and 15,980,272, with no remainder.

Since 15,980,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,980,272, 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).