Q: Is 16,221,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,221,024 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 16,221,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 151 288 302 373 453 604 746 906 1,119 1,208 1,359 1,492 1,812 2,238 2,416 2,718 2,984 3,357 3,624 4,476 4,832 5,436 5,968 6,714 7,248 8,952 10,872 11,936 13,428 14,496 17,904 21,744 26,856 35,808 43,488 53,712 56,323 107,424 112,646 168,969 225,292 337,938 450,584 506,907 675,876 901,168 1,013,814 1,351,752 1,802,336 2,027,628 2,703,504 4,055,256 5,407,008 8,110,512 and 16,221,024, with no remainder.

Since 16,221,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,221,024, 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).