Q: Is 16,849,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,849,140 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 16,849,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15 20 21 22 28 30 33 35 42 44 49 55 60 66 70 77 84 98 105 110 132 140 147 154 165 196 210 220 231 245 294 308 330 385 420 462 490 521 539 588 660 735 770 924 980 1,042 1,078 1,155 1,470 1,540 1,563 1,617 2,084 2,156 2,310 2,605 2,695 2,940 3,126 3,234 3,647 4,620 5,210 5,390 5,731 6,252 6,468 7,294 7,815 8,085 10,420 10,780 10,941 11,462 14,588 15,630 16,170 17,193 18,235 21,882 22,924 25,529 28,655 31,260 32,340 34,386 36,470 40,117 43,764 51,058 54,705 57,310 68,772 72,940 76,587 80,234 85,965 102,116 109,410 114,620 120,351 127,645 153,174 160,468 171,930 200,585 218,820 240,702 255,290 280,819 306,348 343,860 382,935 401,170 481,404 510,580 561,638 601,755 765,870 802,340 842,457 1,123,276 1,203,510 1,404,095 1,531,740 1,684,914 2,407,020 2,808,190 3,369,828 4,212,285 5,616,380 8,424,570 and 16,849,140, with no remainder.

Since 16,849,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,849,140, 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).