Q: Is 16,023,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,023,744 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 16,023,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 64 66 72 81 88 96 99 108 132 144 162 176 192 198 216 264 281 288 297 324 352 396 432 528 562 576 594 648 704 792 843 864 891 1,056 1,124 1,188 1,296 1,584 1,686 1,728 1,782 2,112 2,248 2,376 2,529 2,592 3,091 3,168 3,372 3,564 4,496 4,752 5,058 5,184 6,182 6,336 6,744 7,128 7,587 8,992 9,273 9,504 10,116 12,364 13,488 14,256 15,174 17,984 18,546 19,008 20,232 22,761 24,728 26,976 27,819 28,512 30,348 37,092 40,464 45,522 49,456 53,952 55,638 57,024 60,696 74,184 80,928 83,457 91,044 98,912 111,276 121,392 148,368 161,856 166,914 182,088 197,824 222,552 242,784 250,371 296,736 333,828 364,176 445,104 485,568 500,742 593,472 667,656 728,352 890,208 1,001,484 1,335,312 1,456,704 1,780,416 2,002,968 2,670,624 4,005,936 5,341,248 8,011,872 and 16,023,744, with no remainder.

Since 16,023,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,023,744, 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).