Q: Is 16,531,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,531,848 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 16,531,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 36 46 67 69 72 92 134 138 149 184 201 207 268 276 298 402 414 447 536 552 596 603 804 828 894 1,192 1,206 1,341 1,541 1,608 1,656 1,788 2,412 2,682 3,082 3,427 3,576 4,623 4,824 5,364 6,164 6,854 9,246 9,983 10,281 10,728 12,328 13,708 13,869 18,492 19,966 20,562 27,416 27,738 29,949 30,843 36,984 39,932 41,124 55,476 59,898 61,686 79,864 82,248 89,847 110,952 119,796 123,372 179,694 229,609 239,592 246,744 359,388 459,218 688,827 718,776 918,436 1,377,654 1,836,872 2,066,481 2,755,308 4,132,962 5,510,616 8,265,924 and 16,531,848, with no remainder.

Since 16,531,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,531,848, 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).