Q: Is 16,378,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,378,752 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 16,378,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 17 24 26 32 34 39 48 51 52 64 68 78 96 102 104 128 136 156 192 193 204 208 221 272 312 384 386 408 416 442 544 579 624 663 772 816 832 884 1,088 1,158 1,248 1,326 1,544 1,632 1,664 1,768 2,176 2,316 2,496 2,509 2,652 3,088 3,264 3,281 3,536 4,632 4,992 5,018 5,304 6,176 6,528 6,562 7,072 7,527 9,264 9,843 10,036 10,608 12,352 13,124 14,144 15,054 18,528 19,686 20,072 21,216 24,704 26,248 28,288 30,108 37,056 39,372 40,144 42,432 42,653 52,496 60,216 74,112 78,744 80,288 84,864 85,306 104,992 120,432 127,959 157,488 160,576 170,612 209,984 240,864 255,918 314,976 321,152 341,224 419,968 481,728 511,836 629,952 682,448 963,456 1,023,672 1,259,904 1,364,896 2,047,344 2,729,792 4,094,688 5,459,584 8,189,376 and 16,378,752, with no remainder.

Since 16,378,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,378,752, 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).