Q: Is 16,748,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,748,880 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 16,748,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 2,280 3,673 4,560 7,346 11,019 14,692 18,365 22,038 29,384 36,730 44,076 55,095 58,768 69,787 73,460 88,152 110,190 139,574 146,920 176,304 209,361 220,380 279,148 293,840 348,935 418,722 440,760 558,296 697,870 837,444 881,520 1,046,805 1,116,592 1,395,740 1,674,888 2,093,610 2,791,480 3,349,776 4,187,220 5,582,960 8,374,440 and 16,748,880, with no remainder.

Since 16,748,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,748,880, 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).