Q: Is 16,701,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,701,696 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 16,701,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 176 192 198 256 264 288 352 384 396 528 576 659 704 768 792 1,056 1,152 1,318 1,408 1,584 1,977 2,112 2,304 2,636 2,816 3,168 3,954 4,224 5,272 5,931 6,336 7,249 7,908 8,448 10,544 11,862 12,672 14,498 15,816 21,088 21,747 23,724 25,344 28,996 31,632 42,176 43,494 47,448 57,992 63,264 65,241 84,352 86,988 94,896 115,984 126,528 130,482 168,704 173,976 189,792 231,968 253,056 260,964 347,952 379,584 463,936 506,112 521,928 695,904 759,168 927,872 1,043,856 1,391,808 1,518,336 1,855,744 2,087,712 2,783,616 4,175,424 5,567,232 8,350,848 and 16,701,696, with no remainder.

Since 16,701,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,701,696, 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).