Q: Is 16,725,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,725,324 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 16,725,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 23 28 33 42 44 46 66 69 77 84 92 132 138 154 161 231 253 276 308 322 462 483 506 644 759 787 924 966 1,012 1,518 1,574 1,771 1,932 2,361 3,036 3,148 3,542 4,722 5,313 5,509 7,084 8,657 9,444 10,626 11,018 16,527 17,314 18,101 21,252 22,036 25,971 33,054 34,628 36,202 51,942 54,303 60,599 66,108 72,404 103,884 108,606 121,198 126,707 181,797 199,111 217,212 242,396 253,414 363,594 380,121 398,222 506,828 597,333 727,188 760,242 796,444 1,194,666 1,393,777 1,520,484 2,389,332 2,787,554 4,181,331 5,575,108 8,362,662 and 16,725,324, with no remainder.

Since 16,725,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,725,324, 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).