Q: Is 16,005,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,005,240 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 16,005,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 60 69 72 90 92 115 120 138 180 184 207 230 276 345 360 414 460 552 690 828 920 1,035 1,380 1,656 1,933 2,070 2,760 3,866 4,140 5,799 7,732 8,280 9,665 11,598 15,464 17,397 19,330 23,196 28,995 34,794 38,660 44,459 46,392 57,990 69,588 77,320 86,985 88,918 115,980 133,377 139,176 173,970 177,836 222,295 231,960 266,754 347,940 355,672 400,131 444,590 533,508 666,885 695,880 800,262 889,180 1,067,016 1,333,770 1,600,524 1,778,360 2,000,655 2,667,540 3,201,048 4,001,310 5,335,080 8,002,620 and 16,005,240, with no remainder.

Since 16,005,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,005,240, 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).