Q: Is 16,029,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,029,728 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 16,029,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 31 32 44 52 62 88 104 113 124 143 176 208 226 248 286 341 352 403 416 452 496 572 682 806 904 992 1,144 1,243 1,364 1,469 1,612 1,808 2,288 2,486 2,728 2,938 3,224 3,503 3,616 4,433 4,576 4,972 5,456 5,876 6,448 7,006 8,866 9,944 10,912 11,752 12,896 14,012 16,159 17,732 19,888 23,504 28,024 32,318 35,464 38,533 39,776 45,539 47,008 56,048 64,636 70,928 77,066 91,078 112,096 129,272 141,856 154,132 182,156 258,544 308,264 364,312 500,929 517,088 616,528 728,624 1,001,858 1,233,056 1,457,248 2,003,716 4,007,432 8,014,864 and 16,029,728, with no remainder.

Since 16,029,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,029,728, 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).