Q: Is 16,947,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,947,720 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 16,947,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 90 120 179 180 263 358 360 526 537 716 789 895 1,052 1,074 1,315 1,432 1,578 1,611 1,790 2,104 2,148 2,367 2,630 2,685 3,156 3,222 3,580 3,945 4,296 4,734 5,260 5,370 6,312 6,444 7,160 7,890 8,055 9,468 10,520 10,740 11,835 12,888 15,780 16,110 18,936 21,480 23,670 31,560 32,220 47,077 47,340 64,440 94,154 94,680 141,231 188,308 235,385 282,462 376,616 423,693 470,770 564,924 706,155 847,386 941,540 1,129,848 1,412,310 1,694,772 1,883,080 2,118,465 2,824,620 3,389,544 4,236,930 5,649,240 8,473,860 and 16,947,720, with no remainder.

Since 16,947,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,947,720, 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).