Q: Is 17,431,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,431,488 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 17,431,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 53 64 72 96 106 144 159 192 212 288 318 424 477 571 576 636 848 954 1,142 1,272 1,696 1,713 1,908 2,284 2,544 3,392 3,426 3,816 4,568 5,088 5,139 6,852 7,632 9,136 10,176 10,278 13,704 15,264 18,272 20,556 27,408 30,263 30,528 36,544 41,112 54,816 60,526 82,224 90,789 109,632 121,052 164,448 181,578 242,104 272,367 328,896 363,156 484,208 544,734 726,312 968,416 1,089,468 1,452,624 1,936,832 2,178,936 2,905,248 4,357,872 5,810,496 8,715,744 and 17,431,488, with no remainder.

Since 17,431,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,431,488, 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).