Q: Is 16,466,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,466,016 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 16,466,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 84 96 107 112 168 214 224 229 321 336 428 458 642 672 687 749 856 916 1,284 1,374 1,498 1,603 1,712 1,832 2,247 2,568 2,748 2,996 3,206 3,424 3,664 4,494 4,809 5,136 5,496 5,992 6,412 7,328 8,988 9,618 10,272 10,992 11,984 12,824 17,976 19,236 21,984 23,968 24,503 25,648 35,952 38,472 49,006 51,296 71,904 73,509 76,944 98,012 147,018 153,888 171,521 196,024 294,036 343,042 392,048 514,563 588,072 686,084 784,096 1,029,126 1,176,144 1,372,168 2,058,252 2,352,288 2,744,336 4,116,504 5,488,672 8,233,008 and 16,466,016, with no remainder.

Since 16,466,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,466,016, 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).