Q: Is 16,223,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,223,460 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 16,223,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 47 55 60 66 94 110 132 141 165 188 220 235 282 330 470 517 523 564 660 705 940 1,034 1,046 1,410 1,551 1,569 2,068 2,092 2,585 2,615 2,820 3,102 3,138 5,170 5,230 5,753 6,204 6,276 7,755 7,845 10,340 10,460 11,506 15,510 15,690 17,259 23,012 24,581 28,765 31,020 31,380 34,518 49,162 57,530 69,036 73,743 86,295 98,324 115,060 122,905 147,486 172,590 245,810 270,391 294,972 345,180 368,715 491,620 540,782 737,430 811,173 1,081,564 1,351,955 1,474,860 1,622,346 2,703,910 3,244,692 4,055,865 5,407,820 8,111,730 and 16,223,460, with no remainder.

Since 16,223,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,223,460, 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).