Q: Is 16,725,258 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,725,258 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 16,725,258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 37 54 66 74 99 111 198 222 297 333 407 594 666 761 814 999 1,221 1,522 1,998 2,283 2,442 3,663 4,566 6,849 7,326 8,371 10,989 13,698 16,742 20,547 21,978 25,113 28,157 41,094 50,226 56,314 75,339 84,471 150,678 168,942 226,017 253,413 309,727 452,034 506,826 619,454 760,239 929,181 1,520,478 1,858,362 2,787,543 5,575,086 8,362,629 and 16,725,258, with no remainder.

Since 16,725,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,725,258, 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).