Q: Is 16,880,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,880,940 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 16,880,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 43 45 54 60 86 90 108 129 135 172 180 215 258 270 387 430 516 540 645 727 774 860 1,161 1,290 1,454 1,548 1,935 2,181 2,322 2,580 2,908 3,635 3,870 4,362 4,644 5,805 6,543 7,270 7,740 8,724 10,905 11,610 13,086 14,540 19,629 21,810 23,220 26,172 31,261 32,715 39,258 43,620 62,522 65,430 78,516 93,783 98,145 125,044 130,860 156,305 187,566 196,290 281,349 312,610 375,132 392,580 468,915 562,698 625,220 844,047 937,830 1,125,396 1,406,745 1,688,094 1,875,660 2,813,490 3,376,188 4,220,235 5,626,980 8,440,470 and 16,880,940, with no remainder.

Since 16,880,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,880,940, 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).