Q: Is 17,317,664 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,317,664 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 17,317,664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 19 26 28 32 38 52 56 76 91 104 112 133 152 182 208 224 247 266 304 313 364 416 494 532 608 626 728 988 1,064 1,252 1,456 1,729 1,976 2,128 2,191 2,504 2,912 3,458 3,952 4,069 4,256 4,382 5,008 5,947 6,916 7,904 8,138 8,764 10,016 11,894 13,832 16,276 17,528 23,788 27,664 28,483 32,552 35,056 41,629 47,576 55,328 56,966 65,104 70,112 77,311 83,258 95,152 113,932 130,208 154,622 166,516 190,304 227,864 309,244 333,032 455,728 541,177 618,488 666,064 911,456 1,082,354 1,236,976 1,332,128 2,164,708 2,473,952 4,329,416 8,658,832 and 17,317,664, with no remainder.

Since 17,317,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,317,664, 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).