Q: Is 16,467,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,467,870 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 16,467,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 19 30 38 57 95 114 167 173 190 285 334 346 501 519 570 835 865 1,002 1,038 1,670 1,730 2,505 2,595 3,173 3,287 5,010 5,190 6,346 6,574 9,519 9,861 15,865 16,435 19,038 19,722 28,891 31,730 32,870 47,595 49,305 57,782 86,673 95,190 98,610 144,455 173,346 288,910 433,365 548,929 866,730 1,097,858 1,646,787 2,744,645 3,293,574 5,489,290 8,233,935 and 16,467,870, with no remainder.

Since 16,467,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,467,870, 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).