Q: Is 15,052,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 15,052,740 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 15,052,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 29 30 41 58 60 82 87 116 123 145 164 174 205 211 246 290 348 410 422 435 492 580 615 633 820 844 870 1,055 1,189 1,230 1,266 1,740 2,110 2,378 2,460 2,532 3,165 3,567 4,220 4,756 5,945 6,119 6,330 7,134 8,651 11,890 12,238 12,660 14,268 17,302 17,835 18,357 23,780 24,476 25,953 30,595 34,604 35,670 36,714 43,255 51,906 61,190 71,340 73,428 86,510 91,785 103,812 122,380 129,765 173,020 183,570 250,879 259,530 367,140 501,758 519,060 752,637 1,003,516 1,254,395 1,505,274 2,508,790 3,010,548 3,763,185 5,017,580 7,526,370 and 15,052,740, with no remainder.

Since 15,052,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 15,052,740, 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).