Q: Is 16,677,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,677,504 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 16,677,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 64 72 93 96 124 128 144 186 192 248 279 288 372 384 467 496 558 576 744 934 992 1,116 1,152 1,401 1,488 1,868 1,984 2,232 2,802 2,976 3,736 3,968 4,203 4,464 5,604 5,952 7,472 8,406 8,928 11,208 11,904 14,477 14,944 16,812 17,856 22,416 28,954 29,888 33,624 35,712 43,431 44,832 57,908 59,776 67,248 86,862 89,664 115,816 130,293 134,496 173,724 179,328 231,632 260,586 268,992 347,448 463,264 521,172 537,984 694,896 926,528 1,042,344 1,389,792 1,853,056 2,084,688 2,779,584 4,169,376 5,559,168 8,338,752 and 16,677,504, with no remainder.

Since 16,677,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,677,504, 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).