Q: Is 17,163,916 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,163,916 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 17,163,916 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 19 22 28 38 44 49 76 77 98 133 154 196 209 266 308 418 419 532 539 836 838 931 1,078 1,463 1,676 1,862 2,156 2,926 2,933 3,724 4,609 5,852 5,866 7,961 9,218 10,241 11,732 15,922 18,436 20,482 20,531 31,844 32,263 40,964 41,062 55,727 64,526 82,124 87,571 111,454 129,052 175,142 222,908 225,841 350,284 390,089 451,682 612,997 780,178 903,364 1,225,994 1,560,356 2,451,988 4,290,979 8,581,958 and 17,163,916, with no remainder.

Since 17,163,916 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,163,916, 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).