Q: Is 16,554,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,554,816 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 16,554,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 64 72 82 96 123 144 164 192 246 288 328 369 492 576 656 701 738 984 1,312 1,402 1,476 1,968 2,103 2,624 2,804 2,952 3,936 4,206 5,608 5,904 6,309 7,872 8,412 11,216 11,808 12,618 16,824 22,432 23,616 25,236 28,741 33,648 44,864 50,472 57,482 67,296 86,223 100,944 114,964 134,592 172,446 201,888 229,928 258,669 344,892 403,776 459,856 517,338 689,784 919,712 1,034,676 1,379,568 1,839,424 2,069,352 2,759,136 4,138,704 5,518,272 8,277,408 and 16,554,816, with no remainder.

Since 16,554,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,554,816, 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).