Q: Is 16,398,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,398,252 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 16,398,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 37 39 52 74 78 111 117 148 156 222 234 333 444 468 481 666 947 962 1,332 1,443 1,894 1,924 2,841 2,886 3,788 4,329 5,682 5,772 8,523 8,658 11,364 12,311 17,046 17,316 24,622 34,092 35,039 36,933 49,244 70,078 73,866 105,117 110,799 140,156 147,732 210,234 221,598 315,351 420,468 443,196 455,507 630,702 911,014 1,261,404 1,366,521 1,822,028 2,733,042 4,099,563 5,466,084 8,199,126 and 16,398,252, with no remainder.

Since 16,398,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,398,252, 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).