Q: Is 16,379,532 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,379,532 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 16,379,532 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 31 36 39 52 62 78 93 117 124 156 186 234 279 372 403 468 558 806 1,116 1,129 1,209 1,612 2,258 2,418 3,387 3,627 4,516 4,836 6,774 7,254 10,161 13,548 14,508 14,677 20,322 29,354 34,999 40,644 44,031 58,708 69,998 88,062 104,997 132,093 139,996 176,124 209,994 264,186 314,991 419,988 454,987 528,372 629,982 909,974 1,259,964 1,364,961 1,819,948 2,729,922 4,094,883 5,459,844 8,189,766 and 16,379,532, with no remainder.

Since 16,379,532 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,379,532, 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).