Q: Is 16,056,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,056,240 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 16,056,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 149 240 298 447 449 596 745 894 898 1,192 1,347 1,490 1,788 1,796 2,235 2,245 2,384 2,694 2,980 3,576 3,592 4,470 4,490 5,388 5,960 6,735 7,152 7,184 8,940 8,980 10,776 11,920 13,470 17,880 17,960 21,552 26,940 35,760 35,920 53,880 66,901 107,760 133,802 200,703 267,604 334,505 401,406 535,208 669,010 802,812 1,003,515 1,070,416 1,338,020 1,605,624 2,007,030 2,676,040 3,211,248 4,014,060 5,352,080 8,028,120 and 16,056,240, with no remainder.

Since 16,056,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,056,240, 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).