Q: Is 16,546,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,546,400 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 16,546,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 25 26 32 37 40 43 50 52 65 74 80 86 100 104 130 148 160 172 185 200 208 215 260 296 325 344 370 400 416 430 481 520 559 592 650 688 740 800 860 925 962 1,040 1,075 1,118 1,184 1,300 1,376 1,480 1,591 1,720 1,850 1,924 2,080 2,150 2,236 2,405 2,600 2,795 2,960 3,182 3,440 3,700 3,848 4,300 4,472 4,810 5,200 5,590 5,920 6,364 6,880 7,400 7,696 7,955 8,600 8,944 9,620 10,400 11,180 12,025 12,728 13,975 14,800 15,392 15,910 17,200 17,888 19,240 20,683 22,360 24,050 25,456 27,950 29,600 31,820 34,400 38,480 39,775 41,366 44,720 48,100 50,912 55,900 63,640 76,960 79,550 82,732 89,440 96,200 103,415 111,800 127,280 159,100 165,464 192,400 206,830 223,600 254,560 318,200 330,928 384,800 413,660 447,200 517,075 636,400 661,856 827,320 1,034,150 1,272,800 1,654,640 2,068,300 3,309,280 4,136,600 8,273,200 and 16,546,400, with no remainder.

Since 16,546,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,546,400, 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).