Q: Is 16,276,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,276,680 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 16,276,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 24 27 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 54 56 60 63 70 72 84 90 105 108 120 126 135 140 168 180 189 210 216 252 270 280 315 360 378 420 504 540 630 756 840 945 1,080 1,260 1,512 1,890 2,153 2,520 3,780 4,306 6,459 7,560 8,612 10,765 12,918 15,071 17,224 19,377 21,530 25,836 30,142 32,295 38,754 43,060 45,213 51,672 58,131 60,284 64,590 75,355 77,508 86,120 90,426 96,885 116,262 120,568 129,180 135,639 150,710 155,016 180,852 193,770 226,065 232,524 258,360 271,278 290,655 301,420 361,704 387,540 406,917 452,130 465,048 542,556 581,310 602,840 678,195 775,080 813,834 904,260 1,085,112 1,162,620 1,356,390 1,627,668 1,808,520 2,034,585 2,325,240 2,712,780 3,255,336 4,069,170 5,425,560 8,138,340 and 16,276,680, with no remainder.

Since 16,276,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,276,680, 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).