Q: Is 16,551,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,551,520 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 16,551,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 32 40 47 62 71 80 94 124 142 155 160 188 235 248 284 310 355 376 470 496 568 620 710 752 940 992 1,136 1,240 1,420 1,457 1,504 1,880 2,201 2,272 2,480 2,840 2,914 3,337 3,760 4,402 4,960 5,680 5,828 6,674 7,285 7,520 8,804 11,005 11,360 11,656 13,348 14,570 16,685 17,608 22,010 23,312 26,696 29,140 33,370 35,216 44,020 46,624 53,392 58,280 66,740 70,432 88,040 103,447 106,784 116,560 133,480 176,080 206,894 233,120 266,960 352,160 413,788 517,235 533,920 827,576 1,034,470 1,655,152 2,068,940 3,310,304 4,137,880 8,275,760 and 16,551,520, with no remainder.

Since 16,551,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,551,520, 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).