Q: Is 16,027,515 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,027,515 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 16,027,515 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 15 17 21 35 41 45 51 63 73 85 105 119 123 153 205 219 255 287 315 357 365 369 511 595 615 657 697 765 861 1,071 1,095 1,241 1,435 1,533 1,785 1,845 2,091 2,555 2,583 2,993 3,285 3,485 3,723 4,305 4,599 4,879 5,355 6,205 6,273 7,665 8,687 8,979 10,455 11,169 12,915 14,637 14,965 18,615 20,951 22,995 24,395 26,061 26,937 31,365 43,435 43,911 44,895 50,881 55,845 62,853 73,185 78,183 104,755 130,305 134,685 152,643 188,559 219,555 254,405 314,265 356,167 390,915 457,929 763,215 942,795 1,068,501 1,780,835 2,289,645 3,205,503 5,342,505 and 16,027,515, with no remainder.

Since 16,027,515 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,027,515, 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).