Q: Is 17,094,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,094,792 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 17,094,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 17 22 24 26 33 34 39 44 51 52 66 68 78 88 102 104 132 136 143 156 187 204 221 264 286 293 312 374 408 429 442 561 572 586 663 748 858 879 884 1,122 1,144 1,172 1,326 1,496 1,716 1,758 1,768 2,244 2,344 2,431 2,652 3,223 3,432 3,516 3,809 4,488 4,862 4,981 5,304 6,446 7,032 7,293 7,618 9,669 9,724 9,962 11,427 12,892 14,586 14,943 15,236 19,338 19,448 19,924 22,854 25,784 29,172 29,886 30,472 38,676 39,848 41,899 45,708 54,791 58,344 59,772 64,753 77,352 83,798 91,416 109,582 119,544 125,697 129,506 164,373 167,596 194,259 219,164 251,394 259,012 328,746 335,192 388,518 438,328 502,788 518,024 657,492 712,283 777,036 1,005,576 1,314,984 1,424,566 1,554,072 2,136,849 2,849,132 4,273,698 5,698,264 8,547,396 and 17,094,792, with no remainder.

Since 17,094,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,094,792, 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).