Q: Is 16,106,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,106,580 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 16,106,580 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 180 189 210 252 270 315 378 420 540 630 756 945 1,260 1,890 3,780 4,261 8,522 12,783 17,044 21,305 25,566 29,827 38,349 42,610 51,132 59,654 63,915 76,698 85,220 89,481 115,047 119,308 127,830 149,135 153,396 178,962 191,745 230,094 255,660 268,443 298,270 357,924 383,490 447,405 460,188 536,886 575,235 596,540 766,980 805,329 894,810 1,073,772 1,150,470 1,342,215 1,610,658 1,789,620 2,300,940 2,684,430 3,221,316 4,026,645 5,368,860 8,053,290 and 16,106,580, with no remainder.

Since 16,106,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,106,580, 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).