Q: Is 16,948,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,948,960 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 16,948,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 37 40 56 70 74 80 112 140 148 160 185 224 259 280 296 370 409 518 560 592 740 818 1,036 1,120 1,184 1,295 1,480 1,636 2,045 2,072 2,590 2,863 2,960 3,272 4,090 4,144 5,180 5,726 5,920 6,544 8,180 8,288 10,360 11,452 13,088 14,315 15,133 16,360 20,720 22,904 28,630 30,266 32,720 41,440 45,808 57,260 60,532 65,440 75,665 91,616 105,931 114,520 121,064 151,330 211,862 229,040 242,128 302,660 423,724 458,080 484,256 529,655 605,320 847,448 1,059,310 1,210,640 1,694,896 2,118,620 2,421,280 3,389,792 4,237,240 8,474,480 and 16,948,960, with no remainder.

Since 16,948,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,948,960, 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).