Q: Is 16,679,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,679,208 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 16,679,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 24 26 28 39 42 49 52 56 78 84 91 98 104 147 156 168 182 196 273 294 312 364 392 546 588 637 728 1,091 1,092 1,176 1,274 1,911 2,182 2,184 2,548 3,273 3,822 4,364 5,096 6,546 7,637 7,644 8,728 13,092 14,183 15,274 15,288 22,911 26,184 28,366 30,548 42,549 45,822 53,459 56,732 61,096 85,098 91,644 99,281 106,918 113,464 160,377 170,196 183,288 198,562 213,836 297,843 320,754 340,392 397,124 427,672 595,686 641,508 694,967 794,248 1,191,372 1,283,016 1,389,934 2,084,901 2,382,744 2,779,868 4,169,802 5,559,736 8,339,604 and 16,679,208, with no remainder.

Since 16,679,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,679,208, 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).