Q: Is 16,542,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,542,144 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 16,542,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 81 96 108 144 162 192 216 288 324 432 576 648 864 1,296 1,728 2,592 3,191 5,184 6,382 9,573 12,764 19,146 25,528 28,719 38,292 51,056 57,438 76,584 86,157 102,112 114,876 153,168 172,314 204,224 229,752 258,471 306,336 344,628 459,504 516,942 612,672 689,256 919,008 1,033,884 1,378,512 1,838,016 2,067,768 2,757,024 4,135,536 5,514,048 8,271,072 and 16,542,144, with no remainder.

Since 16,542,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,542,144, 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).