Q: Is 16,431,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,431,984 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 16,431,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 36 48 54 62 72 81 93 108 124 144 162 186 216 248 279 324 372 409 432 496 558 648 744 818 837 1,116 1,227 1,296 1,488 1,636 1,674 2,232 2,454 2,511 3,272 3,348 3,681 4,464 4,908 5,022 6,544 6,696 7,362 9,816 10,044 11,043 12,679 13,392 14,724 19,632 20,088 22,086 25,358 29,448 33,129 38,037 40,176 44,172 50,716 58,896 66,258 76,074 88,344 101,432 114,111 132,516 152,148 176,688 202,864 228,222 265,032 304,296 342,333 456,444 530,064 608,592 684,666 912,888 1,026,999 1,369,332 1,825,776 2,053,998 2,738,664 4,107,996 5,477,328 8,215,992 and 16,431,984, with no remainder.

Since 16,431,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,431,984, 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).