Q: Is 17,119,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,119,728 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 17,119,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 108 138 144 184 207 216 276 368 414 432 552 621 828 1,104 1,242 1,656 1,723 2,484 3,312 3,446 4,968 5,169 6,892 9,936 10,338 13,784 15,507 20,676 27,568 31,014 39,629 41,352 46,521 62,028 79,258 82,704 93,042 118,887 124,056 158,516 186,084 237,774 248,112 317,032 356,661 372,168 475,548 634,064 713,322 744,336 951,096 1,069,983 1,426,644 1,902,192 2,139,966 2,853,288 4,279,932 5,706,576 8,559,864 and 17,119,728, with no remainder.

Since 17,119,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,119,728, 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).