Q: Is 16,379,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,379,520 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 16,379,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 64 76 80 95 96 114 120 128 152 160 190 192 228 240 285 304 320 380 384 449 456 480 570 608 640 760 898 912 960 1,140 1,216 1,347 1,520 1,796 1,824 1,920 2,245 2,280 2,432 2,694 3,040 3,592 3,648 4,490 4,560 5,388 6,080 6,735 7,184 7,296 8,531 8,980 9,120 10,776 12,160 13,470 14,368 17,062 17,960 18,240 21,552 25,593 26,940 28,736 34,124 35,920 36,480 42,655 43,104 51,186 53,880 57,472 68,248 71,840 85,310 86,208 102,372 107,760 127,965 136,496 143,680 170,620 172,416 204,744 215,520 255,930 272,992 287,360 341,240 409,488 431,040 511,860 545,984 682,480 818,976 862,080 1,023,720 1,091,968 1,364,960 1,637,952 2,047,440 2,729,920 3,275,904 4,094,880 5,459,840 8,189,760 and 16,379,520, with no remainder.

Since 16,379,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,379,520, 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).