Q: Is 16,000,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,000,488 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 16,000,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 53 56 63 72 84 106 126 159 168 212 252 318 371 424 477 504 599 636 742 954 1,113 1,198 1,272 1,484 1,797 1,908 2,226 2,396 2,968 3,339 3,594 3,816 4,193 4,452 4,792 5,391 6,678 7,188 8,386 8,904 10,782 12,579 13,356 14,376 16,772 21,564 25,158 26,712 31,747 33,544 37,737 43,128 50,316 63,494 75,474 95,241 100,632 126,988 150,948 190,482 222,229 253,976 285,723 301,896 380,964 444,458 571,446 666,687 761,928 888,916 1,142,892 1,333,374 1,777,832 2,000,061 2,285,784 2,666,748 4,000,122 5,333,496 8,000,244 and 16,000,488, with no remainder.

Since 16,000,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,000,488, 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).