Q: Is 16,737,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,737,120 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 16,737,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 59 60 72 80 90 96 118 120 144 160 177 180 197 236 240 288 295 354 360 394 472 480 531 590 591 708 720 788 885 944 985 1,062 1,180 1,182 1,416 1,440 1,576 1,770 1,773 1,888 1,970 2,124 2,360 2,364 2,655 2,832 2,955 3,152 3,540 3,546 3,940 4,248 4,720 4,728 5,310 5,664 5,910 6,304 7,080 7,092 7,880 8,496 8,865 9,440 9,456 10,620 11,623 11,820 14,160 14,184 15,760 16,992 17,730 18,912 21,240 23,246 23,640 28,320 28,368 31,520 34,869 35,460 42,480 46,492 47,280 56,736 58,115 69,738 70,920 84,960 92,984 94,560 104,607 116,230 139,476 141,840 174,345 185,968 209,214 232,460 278,952 283,680 348,690 371,936 418,428 464,920 523,035 557,904 697,380 836,856 929,840 1,046,070 1,115,808 1,394,760 1,673,712 1,859,680 2,092,140 2,789,520 3,347,424 4,184,280 5,579,040 8,368,560 and 16,737,120, with no remainder.

Since 16,737,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,737,120, 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).