Q: Is 16,758,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,758,720 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 16,758,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 20 22 23 24 30 32 33 36 40 44 45 46 48 55 60 64 66 69 72 80 88 90 92 96 99 110 115 120 132 138 144 160 165 176 180 184 192 198 207 220 230 240 253 264 276 288 320 330 345 352 360 368 396 414 440 460 480 495 506 528 529 552 576 660 690 704 720 736 759 792 828 880 920 960 990 1,012 1,035 1,056 1,058 1,104 1,265 1,320 1,380 1,440 1,472 1,518 1,584 1,587 1,656 1,760 1,840 1,980 2,024 2,070 2,112 2,116 2,208 2,277 2,530 2,640 2,645 2,760 2,880 3,036 3,168 3,174 3,312 3,520 3,680 3,795 3,960 4,048 4,140 4,232 4,416 4,554 4,761 5,060 5,280 5,290 5,520 5,819 6,072 6,336 6,348 6,624 7,360 7,590 7,920 7,935 8,096 8,280 8,464 9,108 9,522 10,120 10,560 10,580 11,040 11,385 11,638 12,144 12,696 13,248 15,180 15,840 15,870 16,192 16,560 16,928 17,457 18,216 19,044 20,240 21,160 22,080 22,770 23,276 23,805 24,288 25,392 29,095 30,360 31,680 31,740 33,120 33,856 34,914 36,432 38,088 40,480 42,320 45,540 46,552 47,610 48,576 50,784 52,371 58,190 60,720 63,480 66,240 69,828 72,864 76,176 80,960 84,640 87,285 91,080 93,104 95,220 101,568 104,742 116,380 121,440 126,960 139,656 145,728 152,352 169,280 174,570 182,160 186,208 190,440 209,484 232,760 242,880 253,920 261,855 279,312 304,704 349,140 364,320 372,416 380,880 418,968 465,520 507,840 523,710 558,624 698,280 728,640 761,760 837,936 931,040 1,047,420 1,117,248 1,396,560 1,523,520 1,675,872 1,862,080 2,094,840 2,793,120 3,351,744 4,189,680 5,586,240 8,379,360 and 16,758,720, with no remainder.

Since 16,758,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,758,720, 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).