Q: Is 16,435,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,435,440 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 16,435,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 27 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 48 54 56 60 63 70 72 80 84 90 105 108 112 120 126 135 140 144 168 180 189 210 216 240 252 270 280 315 336 360 378 420 432 504 540 560 630 720 756 840 945 1,008 1,080 1,087 1,260 1,512 1,680 1,890 2,160 2,174 2,520 3,024 3,261 3,780 4,348 5,040 5,435 6,522 7,560 7,609 8,696 9,783 10,870 13,044 15,120 15,218 16,305 17,392 19,566 21,740 22,827 26,088 29,349 30,436 32,610 38,045 39,132 43,480 45,654 48,915 52,176 58,698 60,872 65,220 68,481 76,090 78,264 86,960 91,308 97,830 114,135 117,396 121,744 130,440 136,962 146,745 152,180 156,528 182,616 195,660 205,443 228,270 234,792 260,880 273,924 293,490 304,360 342,405 365,232 391,320 410,886 456,540 469,584 547,848 586,980 608,720 684,810 782,640 821,772 913,080 1,027,215 1,095,696 1,173,960 1,369,620 1,643,544 1,826,160 2,054,430 2,347,920 2,739,240 3,287,088 4,108,860 5,478,480 8,217,720 and 16,435,440, with no remainder.

Since 16,435,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,435,440, 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).