Q: Is 16,035,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,035,420 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 16,035,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 34 51 60 68 79 85 102 158 170 199 204 237 255 316 340 395 398 474 510 597 790 796 948 995 1,020 1,185 1,194 1,343 1,580 1,990 2,370 2,388 2,686 2,985 3,383 3,980 4,029 4,740 5,372 5,970 6,715 6,766 8,058 10,149 11,940 13,430 13,532 15,721 16,116 16,915 20,145 20,298 26,860 31,442 33,830 40,290 40,596 47,163 50,745 62,884 67,660 78,605 80,580 94,326 101,490 157,210 188,652 202,980 235,815 267,257 314,420 471,630 534,514 801,771 943,260 1,069,028 1,336,285 1,603,542 2,672,570 3,207,084 4,008,855 5,345,140 8,017,710 and 16,035,420, with no remainder.

Since 16,035,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,035,420, 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).