Q: Is 16,766,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,766,352 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 16,766,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 144 153 162 204 216 272 306 324 408 432 459 612 648 761 816 918 1,224 1,296 1,377 1,522 1,836 2,283 2,448 2,754 3,044 3,672 4,566 5,508 6,088 6,849 7,344 9,132 11,016 12,176 12,937 13,698 18,264 20,547 22,032 25,874 27,396 36,528 38,811 41,094 51,748 54,792 61,641 77,622 82,188 103,496 109,584 116,433 123,282 155,244 164,376 206,992 232,866 246,564 310,488 328,752 349,299 465,732 493,128 620,976 698,598 931,464 986,256 1,047,897 1,397,196 1,862,928 2,095,794 2,794,392 4,191,588 5,588,784 8,383,176 and 16,766,352, with no remainder.

Since 16,766,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,766,352, 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).