Q: Is 16,124,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,124,760 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 16,124,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 47 60 72 90 94 120 141 180 188 235 282 360 376 423 470 564 705 846 940 953 1,128 1,410 1,692 1,880 1,906 2,115 2,820 2,859 3,384 3,812 4,230 4,765 5,640 5,718 7,624 8,460 8,577 9,530 11,436 14,295 16,920 17,154 19,060 22,872 28,590 34,308 38,120 42,885 44,791 57,180 68,616 85,770 89,582 114,360 134,373 171,540 179,164 223,955 268,746 343,080 358,328 403,119 447,910 537,492 671,865 806,238 895,820 1,074,984 1,343,730 1,612,476 1,791,640 2,015,595 2,687,460 3,224,952 4,031,190 5,374,920 8,062,380 and 16,124,760, with no remainder.

Since 16,124,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,124,760, 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).