Q: Is 17,116,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,116,008 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 17,116,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 17 21 24 26 28 34 39 42 51 52 56 68 78 84 91 102 104 119 136 156 168 182 204 221 238 273 312 357 364 408 442 461 476 546 663 714 728 884 922 952 1,092 1,326 1,383 1,428 1,547 1,768 1,844 2,184 2,652 2,766 2,856 3,094 3,227 3,688 4,641 5,304 5,532 5,993 6,188 6,454 7,837 9,282 9,681 11,064 11,986 12,376 12,908 15,674 17,979 18,564 19,362 23,511 23,972 25,816 31,348 35,958 37,128 38,724 41,951 47,022 47,944 54,859 62,696 71,916 77,448 83,902 94,044 101,881 109,718 125,853 143,832 164,577 167,804 188,088 203,762 219,436 251,706 305,643 329,154 335,608 407,524 438,872 503,412 611,286 658,308 713,167 815,048 1,006,824 1,222,572 1,316,616 1,426,334 2,139,501 2,445,144 2,852,668 4,279,002 5,705,336 8,558,004 and 17,116,008, with no remainder.

Since 17,116,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,116,008, 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).