Q: Is 16,554,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,554,940 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 16,554,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 23 29 34 46 58 68 73 85 92 115 116 145 146 170 230 290 292 340 365 391 460 493 580 667 730 782 986 1,241 1,334 1,460 1,564 1,679 1,955 1,972 2,117 2,465 2,482 2,668 3,335 3,358 3,910 4,234 4,930 4,964 6,205 6,670 6,716 7,820 8,395 8,468 9,860 10,585 11,339 12,410 13,340 16,790 21,170 22,678 24,820 28,543 33,580 35,989 42,340 45,356 48,691 56,695 57,086 71,978 97,382 113,390 114,172 142,715 143,956 179,945 194,764 226,780 243,455 285,430 359,890 486,910 570,860 719,780 827,747 973,820 1,655,494 3,310,988 4,138,735 8,277,470 and 16,554,940, with no remainder.

Since 16,554,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,554,940, 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).