Q: Is 16,420,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,420,560 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 16,420,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 19 20 24 26 30 38 39 40 48 52 57 60 65 76 78 80 95 104 114 120 130 152 156 190 195 208 228 240 247 260 277 285 304 312 380 390 456 494 520 554 570 624 741 760 780 831 912 988 1,040 1,108 1,140 1,235 1,385 1,482 1,520 1,560 1,662 1,976 2,216 2,280 2,470 2,770 2,964 3,120 3,324 3,601 3,705 3,952 4,155 4,432 4,560 4,940 5,263 5,540 5,928 6,648 7,202 7,410 8,310 9,880 10,526 10,803 11,080 11,856 13,296 14,404 14,820 15,789 16,620 18,005 19,760 21,052 21,606 22,160 26,315 28,808 29,640 31,578 33,240 36,010 42,104 43,212 52,630 54,015 57,616 59,280 63,156 66,480 68,419 72,020 78,945 84,208 86,424 105,260 108,030 126,312 136,838 144,040 157,890 172,848 205,257 210,520 216,060 252,624 273,676 288,080 315,780 342,095 410,514 421,040 432,120 547,352 631,560 684,190 821,028 864,240 1,026,285 1,094,704 1,263,120 1,368,380 1,642,056 2,052,570 2,736,760 3,284,112 4,105,140 5,473,520 8,210,280 and 16,420,560, with no remainder.

Since 16,420,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,420,560, 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).