Q: Is 16,707,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,707,120 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 16,707,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 67 80 120 134 201 240 268 335 402 536 670 804 1,005 1,039 1,072 1,340 1,608 2,010 2,078 2,680 3,117 3,216 4,020 4,156 5,195 5,360 6,234 8,040 8,312 10,390 12,468 15,585 16,080 16,624 20,780 24,936 31,170 41,560 49,872 62,340 69,613 83,120 124,680 139,226 208,839 249,360 278,452 348,065 417,678 556,904 696,130 835,356 1,044,195 1,113,808 1,392,260 1,670,712 2,088,390 2,784,520 3,341,424 4,176,780 5,569,040 8,353,560 and 16,707,120, with no remainder.

Since 16,707,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,707,120, 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).