Q: Is 16,311,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,311,372 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 16,311,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 66 77 84 127 132 139 154 231 254 278 308 381 417 462 508 556 762 834 889 924 973 1,397 1,524 1,529 1,668 1,778 1,946 2,667 2,794 2,919 3,058 3,556 3,892 4,191 4,587 5,334 5,588 5,838 6,116 8,382 9,174 9,779 10,668 10,703 11,676 16,764 17,653 18,348 19,558 21,406 29,337 32,109 35,306 39,116 42,812 52,959 58,674 64,218 70,612 105,918 117,348 123,571 128,436 194,183 211,836 247,142 370,713 388,366 494,284 582,549 741,426 776,732 1,165,098 1,359,281 1,482,852 2,330,196 2,718,562 4,077,843 5,437,124 8,155,686 and 16,311,372, with no remainder.

Since 16,311,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,311,372, 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).