Q: Is 16,436,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,436,448 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 16,436,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 31 32 36 42 48 56 62 63 72 84 93 96 112 124 126 144 168 186 217 224 248 252 263 279 288 336 372 434 496 504 526 558 651 672 744 789 868 992 1,008 1,052 1,116 1,302 1,488 1,578 1,736 1,841 1,953 2,016 2,104 2,232 2,367 2,604 2,976 3,156 3,472 3,682 3,906 4,208 4,464 4,734 5,208 5,523 6,312 6,944 7,364 7,812 8,153 8,416 8,928 9,468 10,416 11,046 12,624 14,728 15,624 16,306 16,569 18,936 20,832 22,092 24,459 25,248 29,456 31,248 32,612 33,138 37,872 44,184 48,918 57,071 58,912 62,496 65,224 66,276 73,377 75,744 88,368 97,836 114,142 130,448 132,552 146,754 171,213 176,736 195,672 228,284 260,896 265,104 293,508 342,426 391,344 456,568 513,639 530,208 587,016 684,852 782,688 913,136 1,027,278 1,174,032 1,369,704 1,826,272 2,054,556 2,348,064 2,739,408 4,109,112 5,478,816 8,218,224 and 16,436,448, with no remainder.

Since 16,436,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,436,448, 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).