Q: Is 16,132,932 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,132,932 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 16,132,932 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 29 34 36 51 54 58 68 81 87 101 102 108 116 153 162 174 202 204 261 303 306 324 348 404 459 493 522 606 612 783 909 918 986 1,044 1,212 1,377 1,479 1,566 1,717 1,818 1,836 1,972 2,349 2,727 2,754 2,929 2,958 3,132 3,434 3,636 4,437 4,698 5,151 5,454 5,508 5,858 5,916 6,868 8,181 8,787 8,874 9,396 10,302 10,908 11,716 13,311 15,453 16,362 17,574 17,748 20,604 26,361 26,622 30,906 32,724 35,148 39,933 46,359 49,793 52,722 53,244 61,812 79,083 79,866 92,718 99,586 105,444 139,077 149,379 158,166 159,732 185,436 199,172 237,249 278,154 298,758 316,332 448,137 474,498 556,308 597,516 896,274 948,996 1,344,411 1,792,548 2,688,822 4,033,233 5,377,644 8,066,466 and 16,132,932, with no remainder.

Since 16,132,932 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,132,932, 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).