Q: Is 16,531,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,531,008 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 16,531,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 37 39 48 52 64 74 78 96 104 111 148 156 179 192 208 222 296 312 358 416 444 481 537 592 624 716 832 888 962 1,074 1,184 1,248 1,432 1,443 1,776 1,924 2,148 2,327 2,368 2,496 2,864 2,886 3,552 3,848 4,296 4,654 5,728 5,772 6,623 6,981 7,104 7,696 8,592 9,308 11,456 11,544 13,246 13,962 15,392 17,184 18,616 19,869 23,088 26,492 27,924 30,784 34,368 37,232 39,738 46,176 52,984 55,848 74,464 79,476 86,099 92,352 105,968 111,696 148,928 158,952 172,198 211,936 223,392 258,297 317,904 344,396 423,872 446,784 516,594 635,808 688,792 1,033,188 1,271,616 1,377,584 2,066,376 2,755,168 4,132,752 5,510,336 8,265,504 and 16,531,008, with no remainder.

Since 16,531,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,531,008, 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).