Q: Is 16,730,364 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,730,364 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 16,730,364 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 37 42 49 74 84 98 111 147 148 196 222 259 294 444 518 588 769 777 1,036 1,538 1,554 1,813 2,307 3,076 3,108 3,626 4,614 5,383 5,439 7,252 9,228 10,766 10,878 16,149 21,532 21,756 28,453 32,298 37,681 56,906 64,596 75,362 85,359 113,043 113,812 150,724 170,718 199,171 226,086 341,436 398,342 452,172 597,513 796,684 1,195,026 1,394,197 2,390,052 2,788,394 4,182,591 5,576,788 8,365,182 and 16,730,364, with no remainder.

Since 16,730,364 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,730,364, 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).