Q: Is 16,339,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,339,456 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 16,339,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 47 56 64 94 97 112 128 188 194 224 256 329 376 388 448 512 658 679 752 776 896 1,316 1,358 1,504 1,552 1,792 2,632 2,716 3,008 3,104 3,584 4,559 5,264 5,432 6,016 6,208 9,118 10,528 10,864 12,032 12,416 18,236 21,056 21,728 24,064 24,832 31,913 36,472 42,112 43,456 49,664 63,826 72,944 84,224 86,912 127,652 145,888 168,448 173,824 255,304 291,776 347,648 510,608 583,552 1,021,216 1,167,104 2,042,432 2,334,208 4,084,864 8,169,728 and 16,339,456, with no remainder.

Since 16,339,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,339,456, 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).