Q: Is 16,138,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,138,152 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 16,138,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 58 59 72 87 116 118 131 174 177 232 236 261 262 348 354 393 472 522 524 531 696 708 786 1,044 1,048 1,062 1,179 1,416 1,572 1,711 2,088 2,124 2,358 3,144 3,422 3,799 4,248 4,716 5,133 6,844 7,598 7,729 9,432 10,266 11,397 13,688 15,196 15,399 15,458 20,532 22,794 23,187 30,392 30,798 30,916 34,191 41,064 45,588 46,374 61,596 61,832 68,382 69,561 91,176 92,748 123,192 136,764 139,122 185,496 224,141 273,528 278,244 448,282 556,488 672,423 896,564 1,344,846 1,793,128 2,017,269 2,689,692 4,034,538 5,379,384 8,069,076 and 16,138,152, with no remainder.

Since 16,138,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,138,152, 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).