Q: Is 17,356,404 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,356,404 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 17,356,404 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 31 37 39 52 62 74 78 93 97 111 124 148 156 186 194 222 291 372 388 403 444 481 582 806 962 1,147 1,164 1,209 1,261 1,443 1,612 1,924 2,294 2,418 2,522 2,886 3,007 3,441 3,589 3,783 4,588 4,836 5,044 5,772 6,014 6,882 7,178 7,566 9,021 10,767 12,028 13,764 14,356 14,911 15,132 18,042 21,534 29,822 36,084 39,091 43,068 44,733 46,657 59,644 78,182 89,466 93,314 111,259 117,273 139,971 156,364 178,932 186,628 222,518 234,546 279,942 333,777 445,036 469,092 559,884 667,554 1,335,108 1,446,367 2,892,734 4,339,101 5,785,468 8,678,202 and 17,356,404, with no remainder.

Since 17,356,404 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,356,404, 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).