Q: Is 17,368,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,368,736 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 17,368,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 19 22 28 32 38 44 49 53 56 76 77 88 98 106 112 133 152 154 176 196 209 212 224 266 304 308 352 371 392 418 424 532 539 583 608 616 742 784 836 848 931 1,007 1,064 1,078 1,166 1,232 1,463 1,484 1,568 1,672 1,696 1,862 2,014 2,128 2,156 2,332 2,464 2,597 2,926 2,968 3,344 3,724 4,028 4,081 4,256 4,312 4,664 5,194 5,852 5,936 6,688 7,049 7,448 8,056 8,162 8,624 9,328 10,241 10,388 11,077 11,704 11,872 14,098 14,896 16,112 16,324 17,248 18,656 20,482 20,776 22,154 23,408 28,196 28,567 29,792 32,224 32,648 40,964 41,552 44,308 46,816 49,343 56,392 57,134 65,296 77,539 81,928 83,104 88,616 98,686 112,784 114,268 130,592 155,078 163,856 177,232 197,372 225,568 228,536 310,156 327,712 354,464 394,744 457,072 542,773 620,312 789,488 914,144 1,085,546 1,240,624 1,578,976 2,171,092 2,481,248 4,342,184 8,684,368 and 17,368,736, with no remainder.

Since 17,368,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,368,736, 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).