Q: Is 16,151,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,151,616 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 16,151,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 64 72 78 96 104 108 117 144 156 192 208 216 234 288 312 351 416 432 468 576 624 702 719 832 864 936 1,248 1,404 1,438 1,728 1,872 2,157 2,496 2,808 2,876 3,744 4,314 5,616 5,752 6,471 7,488 8,628 9,347 11,232 11,504 12,942 17,256 18,694 19,413 22,464 23,008 25,884 28,041 34,512 37,388 38,826 46,016 51,768 56,082 69,024 74,776 77,652 84,123 103,536 112,164 138,048 149,552 155,304 168,246 207,072 224,328 252,369 299,104 310,608 336,492 414,144 448,656 504,738 598,208 621,216 672,984 897,312 1,009,476 1,242,432 1,345,968 1,794,624 2,018,952 2,691,936 4,037,904 5,383,872 8,075,808 and 16,151,616, with no remainder.

Since 16,151,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,151,616, 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).