Q: Is 16,318,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,318,224 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 16,318,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 23 24 26 36 39 46 48 52 69 72 78 92 104 117 138 144 156 184 207 208 234 276 299 312 368 379 414 468 552 598 624 758 828 897 936 1,104 1,137 1,196 1,516 1,656 1,794 1,872 2,274 2,392 2,691 3,032 3,312 3,411 3,588 4,548 4,784 4,927 5,382 6,064 6,822 7,176 8,717 9,096 9,854 10,764 13,644 14,352 14,781 17,434 18,192 19,708 21,528 26,151 27,288 29,562 34,868 39,416 43,056 44,343 52,302 54,576 59,124 69,736 78,453 78,832 88,686 104,604 113,321 118,248 139,472 156,906 177,372 209,208 226,642 236,496 313,812 339,963 354,744 418,416 453,284 627,624 679,926 709,488 906,568 1,019,889 1,255,248 1,359,852 1,813,136 2,039,778 2,719,704 4,079,556 5,439,408 8,159,112 and 16,318,224, with no remainder.

Since 16,318,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,318,224, 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).