Q: Is 16,888,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,888,520 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 16,888,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 55 88 110 131 220 262 293 440 524 586 655 1,048 1,172 1,310 1,441 1,465 2,344 2,620 2,882 2,930 3,223 5,240 5,764 5,860 6,446 7,205 11,528 11,720 12,892 14,410 16,115 25,784 28,820 32,230 38,383 57,640 64,460 76,766 128,920 153,532 191,915 307,064 383,830 422,213 767,660 844,426 1,535,320 1,688,852 2,111,065 3,377,704 4,222,130 8,444,260 and 16,888,520, with no remainder.

Since 16,888,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,888,520, 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).