Q: Is 16,617,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,617,024 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 16,617,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 64 68 72 96 102 136 144 153 192 204 272 288 306 408 544 576 612 816 1,088 1,224 1,632 1,697 2,448 3,264 3,394 4,896 5,091 6,788 9,792 10,182 13,576 15,273 20,364 27,152 28,849 30,546 40,728 54,304 57,698 61,092 81,456 86,547 108,608 115,396 122,184 162,912 173,094 230,792 244,368 259,641 325,824 346,188 461,584 488,736 519,282 692,376 923,168 977,472 1,038,564 1,384,752 1,846,336 2,077,128 2,769,504 4,154,256 5,539,008 8,308,512 and 16,617,024, with no remainder.

Since 16,617,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,617,024, 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).