Q: Is 16,577,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,577,448 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 16,577,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 41 51 68 82 102 123 136 164 204 246 328 408 492 697 984 991 1,394 1,982 2,091 2,788 2,973 3,964 4,182 5,576 5,946 7,928 8,364 11,892 16,728 16,847 23,784 33,694 40,631 50,541 67,388 81,262 101,082 121,893 134,776 162,524 202,164 243,786 325,048 404,328 487,572 690,727 975,144 1,381,454 2,072,181 2,762,908 4,144,362 5,525,816 8,288,724 and 16,577,448, with no remainder.

Since 16,577,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,577,448, 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).