Q: Is 16,882,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,882,096 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 16,882,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 56 71 77 88 112 142 154 176 193 284 308 386 497 568 616 772 781 994 1,136 1,232 1,351 1,544 1,562 1,988 2,123 2,702 3,088 3,124 3,976 4,246 5,404 5,467 6,248 7,952 8,492 10,808 10,934 12,496 13,703 14,861 16,984 21,616 21,868 27,406 29,722 33,968 43,736 54,812 59,444 87,472 95,921 109,624 118,888 150,733 191,842 219,248 237,776 301,466 383,684 602,932 767,368 1,055,131 1,205,864 1,534,736 2,110,262 2,411,728 4,220,524 8,441,048 and 16,882,096, with no remainder.

Since 16,882,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,882,096, 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).