Q: Is 16,314,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,314,240 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 16,314,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 58 60 64 80 87 96 116 120 128 145 160 174 192 232 240 290 293 320 348 384 435 464 480 580 586 640 696 870 879 928 960 1,160 1,172 1,392 1,465 1,740 1,758 1,856 1,920 2,320 2,344 2,784 2,930 3,480 3,516 3,712 4,395 4,640 4,688 5,568 5,860 6,960 7,032 8,497 8,790 9,280 9,376 11,136 11,720 13,920 14,064 16,994 17,580 18,560 18,752 23,440 25,491 27,840 28,128 33,988 35,160 37,504 42,485 46,880 50,982 55,680 56,256 67,976 70,320 84,970 93,760 101,964 112,512 127,455 135,952 140,640 169,940 187,520 203,928 254,910 271,904 281,280 339,880 407,856 509,820 543,808 562,560 679,760 815,712 1,019,640 1,087,616 1,359,520 1,631,424 2,039,280 2,719,040 3,262,848 4,078,560 5,438,080 8,157,120 and 16,314,240, with no remainder.

Since 16,314,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,314,240, 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).