Q: Is 16,126,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,126,032 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 16,126,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 43 48 52 78 86 104 129 156 172 208 258 312 344 516 559 601 624 688 1,032 1,118 1,202 1,677 1,803 2,064 2,236 2,404 3,354 3,606 4,472 4,808 6,708 7,212 7,813 8,944 9,616 13,416 14,424 15,626 23,439 25,843 26,832 28,848 31,252 46,878 51,686 62,504 77,529 93,756 103,372 125,008 155,058 187,512 206,744 310,116 335,959 375,024 413,488 620,232 671,918 1,007,877 1,240,464 1,343,836 2,015,754 2,687,672 4,031,508 5,375,344 8,063,016 and 16,126,032, with no remainder.

Since 16,126,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,126,032, 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).