Q: Is 17,297,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,297,676 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 17,297,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 33 36 38 44 57 66 76 99 114 121 132 171 198 209 228 242 342 361 363 396 418 484 627 684 722 726 836 1,083 1,089 1,254 1,331 1,444 1,452 1,881 2,166 2,178 2,299 2,508 2,662 3,249 3,762 3,971 3,993 4,332 4,356 4,598 5,324 6,498 6,897 7,524 7,942 7,986 9,196 11,913 11,979 12,996 13,794 15,884 15,972 20,691 23,826 23,958 25,289 27,588 35,739 41,382 43,681 47,652 47,916 50,578 71,478 75,867 82,764 87,362 101,156 131,043 142,956 151,734 174,724 227,601 262,086 303,468 393,129 455,202 480,491 524,172 786,258 910,404 960,982 1,441,473 1,572,516 1,921,964 2,882,946 4,324,419 5,765,892 8,648,838 and 17,297,676, with no remainder.

Since 17,297,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,297,676, 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).