Q: Is 16,440,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,440,000 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 16,440,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 125 137 150 160 192 200 240 250 274 300 320 375 400 411 480 500 548 600 625 685 750 800 822 960 1,000 1,096 1,200 1,250 1,370 1,500 1,600 1,644 1,875 2,000 2,055 2,192 2,400 2,500 2,740 3,000 3,288 3,425 3,750 4,000 4,110 4,384 4,800 5,000 5,480 6,000 6,576 6,850 7,500 8,000 8,220 8,768 10,000 10,275 10,960 12,000 13,152 13,700 15,000 16,440 17,125 20,000 20,550 21,920 24,000 26,304 27,400 30,000 32,880 34,250 40,000 41,100 43,840 51,375 54,800 60,000 65,760 68,500 82,200 85,625 102,750 109,600 120,000 131,520 137,000 164,400 171,250 205,500 219,200 256,875 274,000 328,800 342,500 411,000 513,750 548,000 657,600 685,000 822,000 1,027,500 1,096,000 1,370,000 1,644,000 2,055,000 2,740,000 3,288,000 4,110,000 5,480,000 8,220,000 and 16,440,000, with no remainder.

Since 16,440,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,440,000, 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).