Q: Is 16,977,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,977,120 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 16,977,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 113 120 160 226 240 313 339 452 480 565 626 678 904 939 1,130 1,252 1,356 1,565 1,695 1,808 1,878 2,260 2,504 2,712 3,130 3,390 3,616 3,756 4,520 4,695 5,008 5,424 6,260 6,780 7,512 9,040 9,390 10,016 10,848 12,520 13,560 15,024 18,080 18,780 25,040 27,120 30,048 35,369 37,560 50,080 54,240 70,738 75,120 106,107 141,476 150,240 176,845 212,214 282,952 353,690 424,428 530,535 565,904 707,380 848,856 1,061,070 1,131,808 1,414,760 1,697,712 2,122,140 2,829,520 3,395,424 4,244,280 5,659,040 8,488,560 and 16,977,120, with no remainder.

Since 16,977,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,977,120, 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).