Q: Is 16,676,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,676,880 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 16,676,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,320 2,640 6,317 12,634 18,951 25,268 31,585 37,902 50,536 63,170 69,487 75,804 94,755 101,072 126,340 138,974 151,608 189,510 208,461 252,680 277,948 303,216 347,435 379,020 416,922 505,360 555,896 694,870 758,040 833,844 1,042,305 1,111,792 1,389,740 1,516,080 1,667,688 2,084,610 2,779,480 3,335,376 4,169,220 5,558,960 8,338,440 and 16,676,880, with no remainder.

Since 16,676,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,676,880, 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).