Q: Is 16,544,268 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,544,268 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 16,544,268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 23 26 29 36 39 46 52 53 58 69 78 87 92 106 116 117 138 156 159 174 207 212 234 261 276 299 318 348 377 414 468 477 522 598 636 667 689 754 828 897 954 1,044 1,131 1,196 1,219 1,334 1,378 1,508 1,537 1,794 1,908 2,001 2,067 2,262 2,438 2,668 2,691 2,756 3,074 3,393 3,588 3,657 4,002 4,134 4,524 4,611 4,876 5,382 6,003 6,148 6,201 6,786 7,314 8,004 8,268 8,671 9,222 10,764 10,971 12,006 12,402 13,572 13,833 14,628 15,847 17,342 18,444 19,981 21,942 24,012 24,804 26,013 27,666 31,694 34,684 35,351 39,962 43,884 47,541 52,026 55,332 59,943 63,388 70,702 78,039 79,924 95,082 104,052 106,053 119,886 141,404 142,623 156,078 179,829 190,164 212,106 239,772 285,246 312,156 318,159 359,658 424,212 459,563 570,492 636,318 719,316 919,126 1,272,636 1,378,689 1,838,252 2,757,378 4,136,067 5,514,756 8,272,134 and 16,544,268, with no remainder.

Since 16,544,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,544,268, 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).