Q: Is 16,963,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,963,320 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 16,963,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 71 88 110 120 132 142 165 181 213 220 264 284 330 355 362 426 440 543 568 660 710 724 781 852 905 1,065 1,086 1,320 1,420 1,448 1,562 1,704 1,810 1,991 2,130 2,172 2,343 2,715 2,840 3,124 3,620 3,905 3,982 4,260 4,344 4,686 5,430 5,973 6,248 7,240 7,810 7,964 8,520 9,372 9,955 10,860 11,715 11,946 12,851 15,620 15,928 18,744 19,910 21,720 23,430 23,892 25,702 29,865 31,240 38,553 39,820 46,860 47,784 51,404 59,730 64,255 77,106 79,640 93,720 102,808 119,460 128,510 141,361 154,212 192,765 238,920 257,020 282,722 308,424 385,530 424,083 514,040 565,444 706,805 771,060 848,166 1,130,888 1,413,610 1,542,120 1,696,332 2,120,415 2,827,220 3,392,664 4,240,830 5,654,440 8,481,660 and 16,963,320, with no remainder.

Since 16,963,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,963,320, 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).