Q: Is 16,612,470 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,612,470 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 16,612,470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 30 35 42 45 49 63 70 90 98 105 126 147 210 245 294 315 441 490 630 735 882 1,470 2,205 3,767 4,410 7,534 11,301 18,835 22,602 26,369 33,903 37,670 52,738 56,505 67,806 79,107 113,010 131,845 158,214 169,515 184,583 237,321 263,690 339,030 369,166 395,535 474,642 553,749 791,070 922,915 1,107,498 1,186,605 1,661,247 1,845,830 2,373,210 2,768,745 3,322,494 5,537,490 8,306,235 and 16,612,470, with no remainder.

Since 16,612,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,612,470, 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).