Q: Is 16,516,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,516,116 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 16,516,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 46 54 61 69 92 108 109 122 138 183 207 218 244 276 327 366 414 436 549 621 654 732 828 981 1,098 1,242 1,308 1,403 1,647 1,962 2,196 2,484 2,507 2,806 2,943 3,294 3,924 4,209 5,014 5,612 5,886 6,588 6,649 7,521 8,418 10,028 11,772 12,627 13,298 15,042 16,836 19,947 22,563 25,254 26,596 30,084 37,881 39,894 45,126 50,508 59,841 67,689 75,762 79,788 90,252 119,682 135,378 151,524 152,927 179,523 239,364 270,756 305,854 359,046 458,781 611,708 718,092 917,562 1,376,343 1,835,124 2,752,686 4,129,029 5,505,372 8,258,058 and 16,516,116, with no remainder.

Since 16,516,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,516,116, 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).