Q: Is 17,062,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,062,152 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 17,062,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 19 24 31 34 38 51 57 62 68 71 76 93 102 114 124 136 142 152 186 204 213 228 248 284 323 372 408 426 456 527 568 589 646 744 852 969 1,054 1,178 1,207 1,292 1,349 1,581 1,704 1,767 1,938 2,108 2,201 2,356 2,414 2,584 2,698 3,162 3,534 3,621 3,876 4,047 4,216 4,402 4,712 4,828 5,396 6,324 6,603 7,068 7,242 7,752 8,094 8,804 9,656 10,013 10,792 12,648 13,206 14,136 14,484 16,188 17,608 20,026 22,933 26,412 28,968 30,039 32,376 37,417 40,052 41,819 45,866 52,824 60,078 68,799 74,834 80,104 83,638 91,732 112,251 120,156 125,457 137,598 149,668 167,276 183,464 224,502 240,312 250,914 275,196 299,336 334,552 449,004 501,828 550,392 710,923 898,008 1,003,656 1,421,846 2,132,769 2,843,692 4,265,538 5,687,384 8,531,076 and 17,062,152, with no remainder.

Since 17,062,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,062,152, 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).