Q: Is 16,746,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,746,224 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 16,746,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 29 34 44 58 68 88 116 136 176 187 193 232 272 319 374 386 464 493 638 748 772 986 1,276 1,496 1,544 1,972 2,123 2,552 2,992 3,088 3,281 3,944 4,246 5,104 5,423 5,597 6,562 7,888 8,492 10,846 11,194 13,124 16,984 21,692 22,388 26,248 33,968 36,091 43,384 44,776 52,496 61,567 72,182 86,768 89,552 95,149 123,134 144,364 190,298 246,268 288,728 380,596 492,536 577,456 761,192 985,072 1,046,639 1,522,384 2,093,278 4,186,556 8,373,112 and 16,746,224, with no remainder.

Since 16,746,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,746,224, 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).