Q: Is 16,179,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,179,120 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 16,179,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 48 60 69 72 80 90 92 115 120 138 144 180 184 207 230 240 276 345 360 368 414 460 552 690 720 828 920 977 1,035 1,104 1,380 1,656 1,840 1,954 2,070 2,760 2,931 3,312 3,908 4,140 4,885 5,520 5,862 7,816 8,280 8,793 9,770 11,724 14,655 15,632 16,560 17,586 19,540 22,471 23,448 29,310 35,172 39,080 43,965 44,942 46,896 58,620 67,413 70,344 78,160 87,930 89,884 112,355 117,240 134,826 140,688 175,860 179,768 202,239 224,710 234,480 269,652 337,065 351,720 359,536 404,478 449,420 539,304 674,130 703,440 808,956 898,840 1,011,195 1,078,608 1,348,260 1,617,912 1,797,680 2,022,390 2,696,520 3,235,824 4,044,780 5,393,040 8,089,560 and 16,179,120, with no remainder.

Since 16,179,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,179,120, 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).