Q: Is 16,456,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,456,320 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 16,456,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 128 144 160 180 192 240 288 320 360 384 480 576 640 720 960 1,152 1,440 1,920 2,857 2,880 5,714 5,760 8,571 11,428 14,285 17,142 22,856 25,713 28,570 34,284 42,855 45,712 51,426 57,140 68,568 85,710 91,424 102,852 114,280 128,565 137,136 171,420 182,848 205,704 228,560 257,130 274,272 342,840 365,696 411,408 457,120 514,260 548,544 685,680 822,816 914,240 1,028,520 1,097,088 1,371,360 1,645,632 1,828,480 2,057,040 2,742,720 3,291,264 4,114,080 5,485,440 8,228,160 and 16,456,320, with no remainder.

Since 16,456,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,456,320, 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).