Q: Is 16,426,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,426,260 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 16,426,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 27 30 36 38 45 54 57 60 76 90 95 108 114 135 171 180 190 228 270 285 342 380 513 540 570 684 855 1,026 1,140 1,601 1,710 2,052 2,565 3,202 3,420 4,803 5,130 6,404 8,005 9,606 10,260 14,409 16,010 19,212 24,015 28,818 30,419 32,020 43,227 48,030 57,636 60,838 72,045 86,454 91,257 96,060 121,676 144,090 152,095 172,908 182,514 216,135 273,771 288,180 304,190 365,028 432,270 456,285 547,542 608,380 821,313 864,540 912,570 1,095,084 1,368,855 1,642,626 1,825,140 2,737,710 3,285,252 4,106,565 5,475,420 8,213,130 and 16,426,260, with no remainder.

Since 16,426,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,426,260, 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).