Q: Is 16,837,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,837,184 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 16,837,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 49 52 56 59 64 91 98 104 112 118 182 196 208 224 236 343 364 392 413 416 448 472 637 686 728 767 784 826 832 944 1,274 1,372 1,456 1,534 1,568 1,652 1,888 2,548 2,744 2,891 2,912 3,068 3,136 3,304 3,776 4,459 5,096 5,369 5,488 5,782 5,824 6,136 6,608 8,918 10,192 10,738 10,976 11,564 12,272 13,216 17,836 20,237 20,384 21,476 21,952 23,128 24,544 26,432 35,672 37,583 40,474 40,768 42,952 46,256 49,088 71,344 75,166 80,948 85,904 92,512 142,688 150,332 161,896 171,808 185,024 263,081 285,376 300,664 323,792 343,616 526,162 601,328 647,584 1,052,324 1,202,656 1,295,168 2,104,648 2,405,312 4,209,296 8,418,592 and 16,837,184, with no remainder.

Since 16,837,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,837,184, 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).