Q: Is 16,903,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,903,740 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 16,903,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 60 70 84 105 140 167 210 241 334 420 482 501 668 723 835 964 1,002 1,169 1,205 1,446 1,670 1,687 2,004 2,338 2,410 2,505 2,892 3,340 3,374 3,507 3,615 4,676 4,820 5,010 5,061 5,845 6,748 7,014 7,230 8,435 10,020 10,122 11,690 14,028 14,460 16,870 17,535 20,244 23,380 25,305 33,740 35,070 40,247 50,610 70,140 80,494 101,220 120,741 160,988 201,235 241,482 281,729 402,470 482,964 563,458 603,705 804,940 845,187 1,126,916 1,207,410 1,408,645 1,690,374 2,414,820 2,817,290 3,380,748 4,225,935 5,634,580 8,451,870 and 16,903,740, with no remainder.

Since 16,903,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,903,740, 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).