Q: Is 16,078,590 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,078,590 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 16,078,590 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 30 33 45 55 66 90 99 109 110 149 165 198 218 298 327 330 447 495 545 654 745 894 981 990 1,090 1,199 1,341 1,490 1,635 1,639 1,962 2,235 2,398 2,682 3,270 3,278 3,597 4,470 4,905 4,917 5,995 6,705 7,194 8,195 9,810 9,834 10,791 11,990 13,410 14,751 16,241 16,390 17,985 21,582 24,585 29,502 32,482 35,970 48,723 49,170 53,955 73,755 81,205 97,446 107,910 146,169 147,510 162,410 178,651 243,615 292,338 357,302 487,230 535,953 730,845 893,255 1,071,906 1,461,690 1,607,859 1,786,510 2,679,765 3,215,718 5,359,530 8,039,295 and 16,078,590, with no remainder.

Since 16,078,590 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,078,590, 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).