Q: Is 16,334,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,334,032 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 16,334,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 44 52 59 88 104 118 121 143 176 208 236 242 286 472 484 572 649 767 944 968 1,144 1,298 1,331 1,534 1,573 1,936 2,288 2,596 2,662 3,068 3,146 5,192 5,324 6,136 6,292 7,139 8,437 10,384 10,648 12,272 12,584 14,278 16,874 17,303 21,296 25,168 28,556 33,748 34,606 57,112 67,496 69,212 78,529 92,807 114,224 134,992 138,424 157,058 185,614 276,848 314,116 371,228 628,232 742,456 1,020,877 1,256,464 1,484,912 2,041,754 4,083,508 8,167,016 and 16,334,032, with no remainder.

Since 16,334,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,334,032, 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).