Q: Is 16,174,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,174,560 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 16,174,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 32 40 48 60 62 80 93 96 120 124 155 160 186 240 248 310 372 465 480 496 620 744 930 992 1,087 1,240 1,488 1,860 2,174 2,480 2,976 3,261 3,720 4,348 4,960 5,435 6,522 7,440 8,696 10,870 13,044 14,880 16,305 17,392 21,740 26,088 32,610 33,697 34,784 43,480 52,176 65,220 67,394 86,960 101,091 104,352 130,440 134,788 168,485 173,920 202,182 260,880 269,576 336,970 404,364 505,455 521,760 539,152 673,940 808,728 1,010,910 1,078,304 1,347,880 1,617,456 2,021,820 2,695,760 3,234,912 4,043,640 5,391,520 8,087,280 and 16,174,560, with no remainder.

Since 16,174,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,174,560, 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).