Q: Is 17,221,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,221,008 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 17,221,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 107 112 168 214 321 336 428 479 642 749 856 958 1,284 1,437 1,498 1,712 1,916 2,247 2,568 2,874 2,996 3,353 3,832 4,494 5,136 5,748 5,992 6,706 7,664 8,988 10,059 11,496 11,984 13,412 17,976 20,118 22,992 26,824 35,952 40,236 51,253 53,648 80,472 102,506 153,759 160,944 205,012 307,518 358,771 410,024 615,036 717,542 820,048 1,076,313 1,230,072 1,435,084 2,152,626 2,460,144 2,870,168 4,305,252 5,740,336 8,610,504 and 17,221,008, with no remainder.

Since 17,221,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,221,008, 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).