Q: Is 17,210,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,210,352 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 17,210,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 113 114 152 167 226 228 304 334 339 452 456 501 668 678 904 912 1,002 1,336 1,356 1,808 2,004 2,147 2,672 2,712 3,173 4,008 4,294 5,424 6,346 6,441 8,016 8,588 9,519 12,692 12,882 17,176 18,871 19,038 25,384 25,764 34,352 37,742 38,076 50,768 51,528 56,613 75,484 76,152 103,056 113,226 150,968 152,304 226,452 301,936 358,549 452,904 717,098 905,808 1,075,647 1,434,196 2,151,294 2,868,392 4,302,588 5,736,784 8,605,176 and 17,210,352, with no remainder.

Since 17,210,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,210,352, 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).