Q: Is 16,557,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,557,048 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 16,557,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 167 204 216 243 306 324 334 408 459 486 501 612 648 668 729 918 972 1,002 1,224 1,336 1,377 1,458 1,503 1,836 1,944 2,004 2,754 2,839 2,916 3,006 3,672 4,008 4,131 4,509 5,508 5,678 5,832 6,012 8,262 8,517 9,018 11,016 11,356 12,024 12,393 13,527 16,524 17,034 18,036 22,712 24,786 25,551 27,054 33,048 34,068 36,072 40,581 49,572 51,102 54,108 68,136 76,653 81,162 99,144 102,204 108,216 121,743 153,306 162,324 204,408 229,959 243,486 306,612 324,648 459,918 486,972 613,224 689,877 919,836 973,944 1,379,754 1,839,672 2,069,631 2,759,508 4,139,262 5,519,016 8,278,524 and 16,557,048, with no remainder.

Since 16,557,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,557,048, 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).