Q: Is 16,738,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,738,960 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 16,738,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 80 112 140 142 280 284 355 421 497 560 568 710 842 994 1,136 1,420 1,684 1,988 2,105 2,485 2,840 2,947 3,368 3,976 4,210 4,970 5,680 5,894 6,736 7,952 8,420 9,940 11,788 14,735 16,840 19,880 23,576 29,470 29,891 33,680 39,760 47,152 58,940 59,782 117,880 119,564 149,455 209,237 235,760 239,128 298,910 418,474 478,256 597,820 836,948 1,046,185 1,195,640 1,673,896 2,092,370 2,391,280 3,347,792 4,184,740 8,369,480 and 16,738,960, with no remainder.

Since 16,738,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,738,960, 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).