Q: Is 17,235,918 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,235,918 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 17,235,918 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 42 53 58 63 87 89 106 126 159 174 178 203 261 267 318 371 406 477 522 534 609 623 742 801 954 1,113 1,218 1,246 1,537 1,602 1,827 1,869 2,226 2,581 3,074 3,339 3,654 3,738 4,611 4,717 5,162 5,607 6,678 7,743 9,222 9,434 10,759 11,214 13,833 14,151 15,486 18,067 21,518 23,229 27,666 28,302 32,277 33,019 36,134 42,453 46,458 54,201 64,554 66,038 84,906 96,831 99,057 108,402 136,793 162,603 193,662 198,114 273,586 297,171 325,206 410,379 594,342 820,758 957,551 1,231,137 1,915,102 2,462,274 2,872,653 5,745,306 8,617,959 and 17,235,918, with no remainder.

Since 17,235,918 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,235,918, 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).