Q: Is 17,343,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,343,456 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 17,343,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 78 96 104 156 169 208 312 338 416 507 624 676 1,014 1,069 1,248 1,352 2,028 2,138 2,704 3,207 4,056 4,276 5,408 6,414 8,112 8,552 12,828 13,897 16,224 17,104 25,656 27,794 34,208 41,691 51,312 55,588 83,382 102,624 111,176 166,764 180,661 222,352 333,528 361,322 444,704 541,983 667,056 722,644 1,083,966 1,334,112 1,445,288 2,167,932 2,890,576 4,335,864 5,781,152 8,671,728 and 17,343,456, with no remainder.

Since 17,343,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,343,456, 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).