Q: Is 15,014,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,014,230 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 15,014,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 11 14 17 22 31 34 35 37 55 62 70 74 77 85 110 119 154 155 170 185 187 217 238 259 310 341 370 374 385 407 434 518 527 595 629 682 770 814 935 1,054 1,085 1,147 1,190 1,258 1,295 1,309 1,705 1,870 2,035 2,170 2,294 2,387 2,590 2,618 2,635 2,849 3,145 3,410 3,689 4,070 4,403 4,774 5,270 5,698 5,735 5,797 6,290 6,545 6,919 7,378 8,029 8,806 11,470 11,594 11,935 12,617 13,090 13,838 14,245 16,058 18,445 19,499 22,015 23,870 25,234 28,490 28,985 34,595 36,890 38,998 40,145 40,579 44,030 48,433 57,970 63,085 69,190 80,290 81,158 88,319 96,866 97,495 126,170 136,493 176,638 194,990 202,895 214,489 242,165 272,986 405,790 428,978 441,595 484,330 682,465 883,190 1,072,445 1,364,930 1,501,423 2,144,890 3,002,846 7,507,115 and 15,014,230, with no remainder.

Since 15,014,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,014,230, 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).