Q: Is 16,176,996 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,176,996 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 16,176,996 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 17 18 22 27 33 34 36 44 51 54 66 68 81 89 99 102 108 132 153 162 178 187 198 204 243 267 297 306 324 356 374 396 459 486 534 561 594 612 748 801 891 918 972 979 1,068 1,122 1,188 1,377 1,513 1,602 1,683 1,782 1,836 1,958 2,244 2,403 2,673 2,754 2,937 3,026 3,204 3,366 3,564 3,916 4,131 4,539 4,806 5,049 5,346 5,508 5,874 6,052 6,732 7,209 8,262 8,811 9,078 9,612 10,098 10,692 11,748 13,617 14,418 15,147 16,524 16,643 17,622 18,156 20,196 21,627 26,433 27,234 28,836 30,294 33,286 35,244 40,851 43,254 45,441 49,929 52,866 54,468 60,588 66,572 79,299 81,702 86,508 90,882 99,858 105,732 122,553 149,787 158,598 163,404 181,764 199,716 237,897 245,106 299,574 317,196 367,659 449,361 475,794 490,212 599,148 735,318 898,722 951,588 1,348,083 1,470,636 1,797,444 2,696,166 4,044,249 5,392,332 8,088,498 and 16,176,996, with no remainder.

Since 16,176,996 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,176,996, 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).