Q: Is 17,462,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,462,808 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 17,462,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 17 18 22 24 33 34 36 44 51 66 68 72 88 99 102 132 136 153 187 198 204 264 306 374 396 408 561 612 748 792 1,122 1,224 1,297 1,496 1,683 2,244 2,594 3,366 3,891 4,488 5,188 6,732 7,782 10,376 11,673 13,464 14,267 15,564 22,049 23,346 28,534 31,128 42,801 44,098 46,692 57,068 66,147 85,602 88,196 93,384 114,136 128,403 132,294 171,204 176,392 198,441 242,539 256,806 264,588 342,408 396,882 485,078 513,612 529,176 727,617 793,764 970,156 1,027,224 1,455,234 1,587,528 1,940,312 2,182,851 2,910,468 4,365,702 5,820,936 8,731,404 and 17,462,808, with no remainder.

Since 17,462,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,462,808, 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).