Q: Is 16,508,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,508,160 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 16,508,160 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 96 120 128 144 160 180 192 240 256 288 320 360 384 480 576 640 720 768 960 1,152 1,280 1,433 1,440 1,920 2,304 2,866 2,880 3,840 4,299 5,732 5,760 7,165 8,598 11,464 11,520 12,897 14,330 17,196 21,495 22,928 25,794 28,660 34,392 42,990 45,856 51,588 57,320 64,485 68,784 85,980 91,712 103,176 114,640 128,970 137,568 171,960 183,424 206,352 229,280 257,940 275,136 343,920 366,848 412,704 458,560 515,880 550,272 687,840 825,408 917,120 1,031,760 1,100,544 1,375,680 1,650,816 1,834,240 2,063,520 2,751,360 3,301,632 4,127,040 5,502,720 8,254,080 and 16,508,160, with no remainder.

Since 16,508,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,508,160, 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).