Q: Is 17,339,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,339,168 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 17,339,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 31 32 44 56 62 77 88 112 124 154 176 217 224 227 248 308 341 352 434 454 496 616 682 868 908 992 1,232 1,364 1,589 1,736 1,816 2,387 2,464 2,497 2,728 3,178 3,472 3,632 4,774 4,994 5,456 6,356 6,944 7,037 7,264 9,548 9,988 10,912 12,712 14,074 17,479 19,096 19,976 25,424 28,148 34,958 38,192 39,952 49,259 50,848 56,296 69,916 76,384 77,407 79,904 98,518 112,592 139,832 154,814 197,036 225,184 279,664 309,628 394,072 541,849 559,328 619,256 788,144 1,083,698 1,238,512 1,576,288 2,167,396 2,477,024 4,334,792 8,669,584 and 17,339,168, with no remainder.

Since 17,339,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,339,168, 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).