Q: Is 16,246,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,246,944 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 16,246,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 8,059 16,118 24,177 32,236 48,354 56,413 64,472 72,531 96,708 112,826 128,944 145,062 169,239 193,416 225,652 257,888 290,124 338,478 386,832 451,304 507,717 580,248 676,956 773,664 902,608 1,015,434 1,160,496 1,353,912 1,805,216 2,030,868 2,320,992 2,707,824 4,061,736 5,415,648 8,123,472 and 16,246,944, with no remainder.

Since 16,246,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,246,944, 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).