Q: Is 16,229,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,229,664 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 16,229,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 47 48 66 72 88 94 96 99 109 132 141 144 176 188 198 218 264 282 288 327 352 376 396 423 436 517 528 564 654 752 792 846 872 981 1,034 1,056 1,128 1,199 1,308 1,504 1,551 1,584 1,692 1,744 1,962 2,068 2,256 2,398 2,616 3,102 3,168 3,384 3,488 3,597 3,924 4,136 4,512 4,653 4,796 5,123 5,232 6,204 6,768 7,194 7,848 8,272 9,306 9,592 10,246 10,464 10,791 12,408 13,536 14,388 15,369 15,696 16,544 18,612 19,184 20,492 21,582 24,816 28,776 30,738 31,392 37,224 38,368 40,984 43,164 46,107 49,632 56,353 57,552 61,476 74,448 81,968 86,328 92,214 112,706 115,104 122,952 148,896 163,936 169,059 172,656 184,428 225,412 245,904 338,118 345,312 368,856 450,824 491,808 507,177 676,236 737,712 901,648 1,014,354 1,352,472 1,475,424 1,803,296 2,028,708 2,704,944 4,057,416 5,409,888 8,114,832 and 16,229,664, with no remainder.

Since 16,229,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,229,664, 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).