Q: Is 16,216,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,216,656 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 16,216,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 37 46 48 69 74 92 111 138 148 184 222 276 296 368 397 444 552 592 794 851 888 1,104 1,191 1,588 1,702 1,776 2,382 2,553 3,176 3,404 4,764 5,106 6,352 6,808 9,131 9,528 10,212 13,616 14,689 18,262 19,056 20,424 27,393 29,378 36,524 40,848 44,067 54,786 58,756 73,048 88,134 109,572 117,512 146,096 176,268 219,144 235,024 337,847 352,536 438,288 675,694 705,072 1,013,541 1,351,388 2,027,082 2,702,776 4,054,164 5,405,552 8,108,328 and 16,216,656, with no remainder.

Since 16,216,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,216,656, 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).