Q: Is 16,710,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,710,462 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 16,710,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 27 38 54 57 61 81 89 114 122 162 171 178 183 267 342 366 513 534 549 801 1,026 1,098 1,159 1,539 1,602 1,647 1,691 2,318 2,403 3,078 3,294 3,382 3,477 4,806 4,941 5,073 5,429 6,954 7,209 9,882 10,146 10,431 10,858 14,418 15,219 16,287 20,862 30,438 31,293 32,574 45,657 48,861 62,586 91,314 93,879 97,722 103,151 136,971 146,583 187,758 206,302 273,942 293,166 309,453 439,749 618,906 879,498 928,359 1,856,718 2,785,077 5,570,154 8,355,231 and 16,710,462, with no remainder.

Since 16,710,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,710,462, 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).