Q: Is 17,266,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,266,704 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 17,266,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 59 67 78 84 91 104 112 118 134 156 168 177 182 201 208 236 268 273 312 336 354 364 402 413 469 472 536 546 624 708 728 767 804 826 871 938 944 1,072 1,092 1,239 1,407 1,416 1,456 1,534 1,608 1,652 1,742 1,876 2,184 2,301 2,478 2,613 2,814 2,832 3,068 3,216 3,304 3,484 3,752 3,953 4,368 4,602 4,956 5,226 5,369 5,628 6,097 6,136 6,608 6,968 7,504 7,906 9,204 9,912 10,452 10,738 11,256 11,859 12,194 12,272 13,936 15,812 16,107 18,291 18,408 19,824 20,904 21,476 22,512 23,718 24,388 27,671 31,624 32,214 36,582 36,816 41,808 42,952 47,436 48,776 51,389 55,342 63,248 64,428 73,164 83,013 85,904 94,872 97,552 102,778 110,684 128,856 146,328 154,167 166,026 189,744 205,556 221,368 257,712 292,656 308,334 332,052 359,723 411,112 442,736 616,668 664,104 719,446 822,224 1,079,169 1,233,336 1,328,208 1,438,892 2,158,338 2,466,672 2,877,784 4,316,676 5,755,568 8,633,352 and 17,266,704, with no remainder.

Since 17,266,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,266,704, 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).