Q: Is 16,114,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,114,640 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 16,114,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 34 40 41 68 80 82 85 136 164 170 205 272 289 328 340 410 578 656 680 697 820 1,156 1,360 1,394 1,445 1,640 2,312 2,788 2,890 3,280 3,485 4,624 4,913 5,576 5,780 6,970 9,826 11,152 11,560 11,849 13,940 19,652 23,120 23,698 24,565 27,880 39,304 47,396 49,130 55,760 59,245 78,608 94,792 98,260 118,490 189,584 196,520 201,433 236,980 393,040 402,866 473,960 805,732 947,920 1,007,165 1,611,464 2,014,330 3,222,928 4,028,660 8,057,320 and 16,114,640, with no remainder.

Since 16,114,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,114,640, 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).