Q: Is 16,402,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,402,560 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 16,402,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 320 384 480 640 960 1,920 8,543 17,086 25,629 34,172 42,715 51,258 68,344 85,430 102,516 128,145 136,688 170,860 205,032 256,290 273,376 341,720 410,064 512,580 546,752 683,440 820,128 1,025,160 1,093,504 1,366,880 1,640,256 2,050,320 2,733,760 3,280,512 4,100,640 5,467,520 8,201,280 and 16,402,560, with no remainder.

Since 16,402,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,402,560, 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).