Q: Is 17,340,642 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,340,642 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 17,340,642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 37 54 66 74 81 99 111 162 198 222 263 297 333 407 526 594 666 789 814 891 999 1,221 1,578 1,782 1,998 2,367 2,442 2,893 2,997 3,663 4,734 5,786 5,994 7,101 7,326 8,679 9,731 10,989 14,202 17,358 19,462 21,303 21,978 26,037 29,193 32,967 42,606 52,074 58,386 65,934 78,111 87,579 107,041 156,222 175,158 214,082 234,333 262,737 321,123 468,666 525,474 642,246 788,211 963,369 1,576,422 1,926,738 2,890,107 5,780,214 8,670,321 and 17,340,642, with no remainder.

Since 17,340,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,340,642, 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).