Q: Is 17,237,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,237,376 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 17,237,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 64 72 78 96 104 117 128 144 156 192 208 234 288 312 384 416 468 576 624 832 936 1,151 1,152 1,248 1,664 1,872 2,302 2,496 3,453 3,744 4,604 4,992 6,906 7,488 9,208 10,359 13,812 14,963 14,976 18,416 20,718 27,624 29,926 36,832 41,436 44,889 55,248 59,852 73,664 82,872 89,778 110,496 119,704 134,667 147,328 165,744 179,556 220,992 239,408 269,334 331,488 359,112 441,984 478,816 538,668 662,976 718,224 957,632 1,077,336 1,325,952 1,436,448 1,915,264 2,154,672 2,872,896 4,309,344 5,745,792 8,618,688 and 17,237,376, with no remainder.

Since 17,237,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,237,376, 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).