Q: Is 16,731,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,731,840 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 16,731,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 58 60 64 80 87 96 116 120 145 160 174 192 232 240 290 320 348 435 464 480 580 601 696 870 928 960 1,160 1,202 1,392 1,740 1,803 1,856 2,320 2,404 2,784 3,005 3,480 3,606 4,640 4,808 5,568 6,010 6,960 7,212 9,015 9,280 9,616 12,020 13,920 14,424 17,429 18,030 19,232 24,040 27,840 28,848 34,858 36,060 38,464 48,080 52,287 57,696 69,716 72,120 87,145 96,160 104,574 115,392 139,432 144,240 174,290 192,320 209,148 261,435 278,864 288,480 348,580 418,296 522,870 557,728 576,960 697,160 836,592 1,045,740 1,115,456 1,394,320 1,673,184 2,091,480 2,788,640 3,346,368 4,182,960 5,577,280 8,365,920 and 16,731,840, with no remainder.

Since 16,731,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,731,840, 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).