Q: Is 16,984,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,984,032 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 16,984,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 31 32 39 48 52 62 78 93 96 104 124 156 186 208 248 312 372 403 416 439 496 624 744 806 878 992 1,209 1,248 1,317 1,488 1,612 1,756 2,418 2,634 2,976 3,224 3,512 4,836 5,268 5,707 6,448 7,024 9,672 10,536 11,414 12,896 13,609 14,048 17,121 19,344 21,072 22,828 27,218 34,242 38,688 40,827 42,144 45,656 54,436 68,484 81,654 91,312 108,872 136,968 163,308 176,917 182,624 217,744 273,936 326,616 353,834 435,488 530,751 547,872 653,232 707,668 1,061,502 1,306,464 1,415,336 2,123,004 2,830,672 4,246,008 5,661,344 8,492,016 and 16,984,032, with no remainder.

Since 16,984,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,984,032, 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).