Q: Is 17,133,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,133,696 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 17,133,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 107 128 139 144 192 214 278 288 321 384 417 428 556 576 642 834 856 963 1,112 1,152 1,251 1,284 1,668 1,712 1,926 2,224 2,502 2,568 3,336 3,424 3,852 4,448 5,004 5,136 6,672 6,848 7,704 8,896 10,008 10,272 13,344 13,696 14,873 15,408 17,792 20,016 20,544 26,688 29,746 30,816 40,032 41,088 44,619 53,376 59,492 61,632 80,064 89,238 118,984 123,264 133,857 160,128 178,476 237,968 267,714 356,952 475,936 535,428 713,904 951,872 1,070,856 1,427,808 1,903,744 2,141,712 2,855,616 4,283,424 5,711,232 8,566,848 and 17,133,696, with no remainder.

Since 17,133,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,133,696, 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).