Q: Is 16,336,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,336,440 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 16,336,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 60 69 72 90 92 115 120 138 180 184 207 230 276 345 360 414 460 552 690 828 920 1,035 1,380 1,656 1,973 2,070 2,760 3,946 4,140 5,919 7,892 8,280 9,865 11,838 15,784 17,757 19,730 23,676 29,595 35,514 39,460 45,379 47,352 59,190 71,028 78,920 88,785 90,758 118,380 136,137 142,056 177,570 181,516 226,895 236,760 272,274 355,140 363,032 408,411 453,790 544,548 680,685 710,280 816,822 907,580 1,089,096 1,361,370 1,633,644 1,815,160 2,042,055 2,722,740 3,267,288 4,084,110 5,445,480 8,168,220 and 16,336,440, with no remainder.

Since 16,336,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,336,440, 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).