Q: Is 16,764,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,764,672 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 16,764,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 83 96 128 166 192 249 256 263 332 384 498 526 664 768 789 996 1,052 1,328 1,578 1,992 2,104 2,656 3,156 3,984 4,208 5,312 6,312 7,968 8,416 10,624 12,624 15,936 16,832 21,248 21,829 25,248 31,872 33,664 43,658 50,496 63,744 65,487 67,328 87,316 100,992 130,974 174,632 201,984 261,948 349,264 523,896 698,528 1,047,792 1,397,056 2,095,584 2,794,112 4,191,168 5,588,224 8,382,336 and 16,764,672, with no remainder.

Since 16,764,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,764,672, 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).