Q: Is 28,184,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,184,016 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 28,184,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 42 46 48 49 56 69 84 92 98 112 138 147 161 168 184 196 276 294 322 336 368 392 483 521 552 588 644 784 966 1,042 1,104 1,127 1,176 1,288 1,563 1,932 2,084 2,254 2,352 2,576 3,126 3,381 3,647 3,864 4,168 4,508 6,252 6,762 7,294 7,728 8,336 9,016 10,941 11,983 12,504 13,524 14,588 18,032 21,882 23,966 25,008 25,529 27,048 29,176 35,949 43,764 47,932 51,058 54,096 58,352 71,898 76,587 83,881 87,528 95,864 102,116 143,796 153,174 167,762 175,056 191,728 204,232 251,643 287,592 306,348 335,524 408,464 503,286 575,184 587,167 612,696 671,048 1,006,572 1,174,334 1,225,392 1,342,096 1,761,501 2,013,144 2,348,668 3,523,002 4,026,288 4,697,336 7,046,004 9,394,672 14,092,008 and 28,184,016, with no remainder.

Since 28,184,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,184,016, 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).