Q: Is 16,775,052 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,775,052 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 16,775,052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 47 49 84 94 98 141 147 188 196 282 294 329 564 588 607 658 987 1,214 1,316 1,821 1,974 2,303 2,428 3,642 3,948 4,249 4,606 6,909 7,284 8,498 9,212 12,747 13,818 16,996 25,494 27,636 28,529 29,743 50,988 57,058 59,486 85,587 89,229 114,116 118,972 171,174 178,458 199,703 342,348 356,916 399,406 599,109 798,812 1,198,218 1,397,921 2,396,436 2,795,842 4,193,763 5,591,684 8,387,526 and 16,775,052, with no remainder.

Since 16,775,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,775,052, 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).