Q: Is 16,326,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,326,016 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 16,326,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 49 56 64 76 98 112 128 133 137 152 196 224 266 274 304 392 448 532 548 608 784 896 931 959 1,064 1,096 1,216 1,568 1,862 1,918 2,128 2,192 2,432 2,603 3,136 3,724 3,836 4,256 4,384 5,206 6,272 6,713 7,448 7,672 8,512 8,768 10,412 13,426 14,896 15,344 17,024 17,536 18,221 20,824 26,852 29,792 30,688 36,442 41,648 53,704 59,584 61,376 72,884 83,296 107,408 119,168 122,752 127,547 145,768 166,592 214,816 255,094 291,536 333,184 429,632 510,188 583,072 859,264 1,020,376 1,166,144 2,040,752 2,332,288 4,081,504 8,163,008 and 16,326,016, with no remainder.

Since 16,326,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,326,016, 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).