Q: Is 16,744,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,744,448 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 16,744,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 73 112 128 146 224 256 292 448 511 512 584 896 1,022 1,024 1,168 1,792 2,044 2,048 2,336 3,584 4,088 4,096 4,672 7,168 8,176 8,192 9,344 14,336 16,352 16,384 18,688 28,672 32,704 32,768 37,376 57,344 65,408 74,752 114,688 130,816 149,504 229,376 261,632 299,008 523,264 598,016 1,046,528 1,196,032 2,093,056 2,392,064 4,186,112 8,372,224 and 16,744,448, with no remainder.

Since 16,744,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,744,448, 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).