Q: Is 16,493,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,493,808 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 16,493,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 29 34 41 48 51 58 68 82 87 102 116 123 136 164 174 204 232 246 272 289 328 348 408 464 492 493 578 656 696 697 816 867 984 986 1,156 1,189 1,392 1,394 1,479 1,734 1,968 1,972 2,091 2,312 2,378 2,788 2,958 3,468 3,567 3,944 4,182 4,624 4,756 5,576 5,916 6,936 7,134 7,888 8,364 8,381 9,512 11,152 11,832 11,849 13,872 14,268 16,728 16,762 19,024 20,213 23,664 23,698 25,143 28,536 33,456 33,524 35,547 40,426 47,396 50,286 57,072 60,639 67,048 71,094 80,852 94,792 100,572 121,278 134,096 142,188 161,704 189,584 201,144 242,556 284,376 323,408 343,621 402,288 485,112 568,752 687,242 970,224 1,030,863 1,374,484 2,061,726 2,748,968 4,123,452 5,497,936 8,246,904 and 16,493,808, with no remainder.

Since 16,493,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,493,808, 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).