Q: Is 17,461,836 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,461,836 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 17,461,836 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 19 21 28 36 38 42 49 57 63 76 84 98 114 126 133 147 171 196 228 252 266 294 342 399 441 521 532 588 684 798 882 931 1,042 1,197 1,563 1,596 1,764 1,862 2,084 2,394 2,793 3,126 3,647 3,724 4,689 4,788 5,586 6,252 7,294 8,379 9,378 9,899 10,941 11,172 14,588 16,758 18,756 19,798 21,882 25,529 29,697 32,823 33,516 39,596 43,764 51,058 59,394 65,646 69,293 76,587 89,091 102,116 118,788 131,292 138,586 153,174 178,182 207,879 229,761 277,172 306,348 356,364 415,758 459,522 485,051 623,637 831,516 919,044 970,102 1,247,274 1,455,153 1,940,204 2,494,548 2,910,306 4,365,459 5,820,612 8,730,918 and 17,461,836, with no remainder.

Since 17,461,836 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,461,836, 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).