Q: Is 17,163,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,163,144 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 17,163,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 181 216 362 439 543 724 878 1,086 1,317 1,448 1,629 1,756 2,172 2,634 3,258 3,512 3,951 4,344 4,887 5,268 6,516 7,902 9,774 10,536 11,853 13,032 15,804 19,548 23,706 31,608 39,096 47,412 79,459 94,824 158,918 238,377 317,836 476,754 635,672 715,131 953,508 1,430,262 1,907,016 2,145,393 2,860,524 4,290,786 5,721,048 8,581,572 and 17,163,144, with no remainder.

Since 17,163,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,163,144, 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).