Q: Is 16,502,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,502,616 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 16,502,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 243 312 324 351 468 486 648 653 702 936 972 1,053 1,306 1,404 1,944 1,959 2,106 2,612 2,808 3,159 3,918 4,212 5,224 5,877 6,318 7,836 8,424 8,489 11,754 12,636 15,672 16,978 17,631 23,508 25,272 25,467 33,956 35,262 47,016 50,934 52,893 67,912 70,524 76,401 101,868 105,786 141,048 152,802 158,679 203,736 211,572 229,203 305,604 317,358 423,144 458,406 611,208 634,716 687,609 916,812 1,269,432 1,375,218 1,833,624 2,062,827 2,750,436 4,125,654 5,500,872 8,251,308 and 16,502,616, with no remainder.

Since 16,502,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,502,616, 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).