Q: Is 16,010,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,010,540 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 16,010,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 13 14 19 20 26 28 35 38 52 65 70 76 91 95 130 133 140 182 190 247 260 266 364 380 455 463 494 532 665 910 926 988 1,235 1,330 1,729 1,820 1,852 2,315 2,470 2,660 3,241 3,458 4,630 4,940 6,019 6,482 6,916 8,645 8,797 9,260 12,038 12,964 16,205 17,290 17,594 24,076 30,095 32,410 34,580 35,188 42,133 43,985 60,190 61,579 64,820 84,266 87,970 114,361 120,380 123,158 168,532 175,940 210,665 228,722 246,316 307,895 421,330 457,444 571,805 615,790 800,527 842,660 1,143,610 1,231,580 1,601,054 2,287,220 3,202,108 4,002,635 8,005,270 and 16,010,540, with no remainder.

Since 16,010,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,010,540, 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).