Q: Is 16,744,644 a Composite Number?

Why is 16,744,644 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 16,744,644 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 23 27 28 36 42 46 54 63 69 81 84 92 107 108 126 138 161 162 189 207 214 243 252 276 321 322 324 378 414 428 483 486 567 621 642 644 749 756 828 963 966 972 1,134 1,242 1,284 1,449 1,498 1,701 1,863 1,926 1,932 2,247 2,268 2,461 2,484 2,889 2,898 2,996 3,402 3,726 3,852 4,347 4,494 4,922 5,589 5,778 5,796 6,741 6,804 7,383 7,452 8,667 8,694 8,988 9,844 11,178 11,556 13,041 13,482 14,766 17,227 17,334 17,388 20,223 22,149 22,356 26,001 26,082 26,964 29,532 34,454 34,668 39,123 40,446 44,298 51,681 52,002 52,164 60,669 66,447 68,908 78,246 80,892 88,596 103,362 104,004 121,338 132,894 155,043 156,492 182,007 199,341 206,724 242,676 265,788 310,086 364,014 398,682 465,129 598,023 620,172 728,028 797,364 930,258 1,196,046 1,395,387 1,860,516 2,392,092 2,790,774 4,186,161 5,581,548 8,372,322 and 16,744,644, with no remainder.

Since 16,744,644 cannot be divided by just 1 and 16,744,644, 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).