Q: Is 16,739,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,739,840 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 16,739,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 32 40 52 64 65 80 104 128 130 160 208 256 260 320 416 503 512 520 640 832 1,006 1,040 1,280 1,664 2,012 2,080 2,515 2,560 3,328 4,024 4,160 5,030 6,539 6,656 8,048 8,320 10,060 13,078 16,096 16,640 20,120 26,156 32,192 32,695 33,280 40,240 52,312 64,384 65,390 80,480 104,624 128,768 130,780 160,960 209,248 257,536 261,560 321,920 418,496 523,120 643,840 836,992 1,046,240 1,287,680 1,673,984 2,092,480 3,347,968 4,184,960 8,369,920 and 16,739,840, with no remainder.

Since 16,739,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,739,840, 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).