Q: Is 17,107,542 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,107,542 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 17,107,542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 34 37 51 74 102 111 153 222 306 333 629 666 1,258 1,511 1,887 3,022 3,774 4,533 5,661 9,066 11,322 13,599 25,687 27,198 51,374 55,907 77,061 111,814 154,122 167,721 231,183 335,442 462,366 503,163 950,419 1,006,326 1,900,838 2,851,257 5,702,514 8,553,771 and 17,107,542, with no remainder.

Since 17,107,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,107,542, 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).