Q: Is 16,212,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,212,312 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 16,212,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 127 162 197 216 254 324 381 394 508 591 648 762 788 1,016 1,143 1,182 1,524 1,576 1,773 2,286 2,364 3,048 3,429 3,546 4,572 4,728 5,319 6,858 7,092 9,144 10,287 10,638 13,716 14,184 15,957 20,574 21,276 25,019 27,432 31,914 41,148 42,552 50,038 63,828 75,057 82,296 100,076 127,656 150,114 200,152 225,171 300,228 450,342 600,456 675,513 900,684 1,351,026 1,801,368 2,026,539 2,702,052 4,053,078 5,404,104 8,106,156 and 16,212,312, with no remainder.

Since 16,212,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,212,312, 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).