Q: Is 16,011,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,011,960 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 16,011,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 47 51 60 68 85 94 102 120 136 141 167 170 188 204 235 255 282 334 340 376 408 470 501 510 564 668 680 705 799 835 940 1,002 1,020 1,128 1,336 1,410 1,598 1,670 1,880 2,004 2,040 2,397 2,505 2,820 2,839 3,196 3,340 3,995 4,008 4,794 5,010 5,640 5,678 6,392 6,680 7,849 7,990 8,517 9,588 10,020 11,356 11,985 14,195 15,698 15,980 17,034 19,176 20,040 22,712 23,547 23,970 28,390 31,396 31,960 34,068 39,245 42,585 47,094 47,940 56,780 62,792 68,136 78,490 85,170 94,188 95,880 113,560 117,735 133,433 156,980 170,340 188,376 235,470 266,866 313,960 340,680 400,299 470,940 533,732 667,165 800,598 941,880 1,067,464 1,334,330 1,601,196 2,001,495 2,668,660 3,202,392 4,002,990 5,337,320 8,005,980 and 16,011,960, with no remainder.

Since 16,011,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,011,960, 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).