Q: Is 16,043,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,043,040 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 16,043,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 24 26 30 32 36 39 40 45 48 52 60 65 72 78 80 90 96 104 117 120 130 144 156 160 180 195 208 234 240 260 288 312 360 390 416 468 480 520 585 624 720 780 857 936 1,040 1,170 1,248 1,440 1,560 1,714 1,872 2,080 2,340 2,571 3,120 3,428 3,744 4,285 4,680 5,142 6,240 6,856 7,713 8,570 9,360 10,284 11,141 12,855 13,712 15,426 17,140 18,720 20,568 22,282 25,710 27,424 30,852 33,423 34,280 38,565 41,136 44,564 51,420 55,705 61,704 66,846 68,560 77,130 82,272 89,128 100,269 102,840 111,410 123,408 133,692 137,120 154,260 167,115 178,256 200,538 205,680 222,820 246,816 267,384 308,520 334,230 356,512 401,076 411,360 445,640 501,345 534,768 617,040 668,460 802,152 891,280 1,002,690 1,069,536 1,234,080 1,336,920 1,604,304 1,782,560 2,005,380 2,673,840 3,208,608 4,010,760 5,347,680 8,021,520 and 16,043,040, with no remainder.

Since 16,043,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,043,040, 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).