Q: Is 16,522,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,522,128 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 16,522,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 37 42 48 56 63 72 74 84 111 112 126 144 148 168 222 252 259 296 333 336 443 444 504 518 592 666 777 886 888 1,008 1,036 1,329 1,332 1,554 1,772 1,776 2,072 2,331 2,658 2,664 3,101 3,108 3,544 3,987 4,144 4,662 5,316 5,328 6,202 6,216 7,088 7,974 9,303 9,324 10,632 12,404 12,432 15,948 16,391 18,606 18,648 21,264 24,808 27,909 31,896 32,782 37,212 37,296 49,173 49,616 55,818 63,792 65,564 74,424 98,346 111,636 114,737 131,128 147,519 148,848 196,692 223,272 229,474 262,256 295,038 344,211 393,384 446,544 458,948 590,076 688,422 786,768 917,896 1,032,633 1,180,152 1,376,844 1,835,792 2,065,266 2,360,304 2,753,688 4,130,532 5,507,376 8,261,064 and 16,522,128, with no remainder.

Since 16,522,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,522,128, 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).