Q: Is 16,526,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,526,224 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 16,526,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 31 44 52 62 88 104 124 143 176 208 233 248 286 341 403 466 496 572 682 806 932 1,144 1,364 1,612 1,864 2,288 2,563 2,728 3,029 3,224 3,728 4,433 5,126 5,456 6,058 6,448 7,223 8,866 10,252 12,116 14,446 17,732 20,504 24,232 28,892 33,319 35,464 41,008 48,464 57,784 66,638 70,928 79,453 93,899 115,568 133,276 158,906 187,798 266,552 317,812 375,596 533,104 635,624 751,192 1,032,889 1,271,248 1,502,384 2,065,778 4,131,556 8,263,112 and 16,526,224, with no remainder.

Since 16,526,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,526,224, 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).