Q: Is 17,343,846 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,343,846 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 17,343,846 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 19 26 38 39 47 57 78 83 94 114 117 141 166 171 234 247 249 282 342 423 494 498 611 741 747 846 893 1,079 1,222 1,482 1,494 1,577 1,786 1,833 2,158 2,223 2,679 3,154 3,237 3,666 3,901 4,446 4,731 5,358 5,499 6,474 7,802 8,037 9,462 9,711 10,998 11,609 11,703 14,193 16,074 19,422 20,501 23,218 23,406 28,386 34,827 35,109 41,002 50,713 61,503 69,654 70,218 74,119 101,426 104,481 123,006 148,238 152,139 184,509 208,962 222,357 304,278 369,018 444,714 456,417 667,071 912,834 963,547 1,334,142 1,927,094 2,890,641 5,781,282 8,671,923 and 17,343,846, with no remainder.

Since 17,343,846 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,343,846, 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).