Q: Is 16,741,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,741,140 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 16,741,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 26 30 39 52 60 65 78 127 130 156 169 195 254 260 338 381 390 507 508 635 676 762 780 845 1,014 1,270 1,524 1,651 1,690 1,905 2,028 2,197 2,535 2,540 3,302 3,380 3,810 4,394 4,953 5,070 6,591 6,604 7,620 8,255 8,788 9,906 10,140 10,985 13,182 16,510 19,812 21,463 21,970 24,765 26,364 32,955 33,020 42,926 43,940 49,530 64,389 65,910 85,852 99,060 107,315 128,778 131,820 214,630 257,556 279,019 321,945 429,260 558,038 643,890 837,057 1,116,076 1,287,780 1,395,095 1,674,114 2,790,190 3,348,228 4,185,285 5,580,380 8,370,570 and 16,741,140, with no remainder.

Since 16,741,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,741,140, 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).