Q: Is 16,297,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,297,072 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 16,297,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 29 31 44 58 62 88 103 116 124 176 206 232 248 319 341 412 464 496 638 682 824 899 1,133 1,276 1,364 1,648 1,798 2,266 2,552 2,728 2,987 3,193 3,596 4,532 5,104 5,456 5,974 6,386 7,192 9,064 9,889 11,948 12,772 14,384 18,128 19,778 23,896 25,544 32,857 35,123 39,556 47,792 51,088 65,714 70,246 79,112 92,597 131,428 140,492 158,224 185,194 262,856 280,984 370,388 525,712 561,968 740,776 1,018,567 1,481,552 2,037,134 4,074,268 8,148,536 and 16,297,072, with no remainder.

Since 16,297,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,297,072, 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).