Q: Is 17,477,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,477,808 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 17,477,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 41 48 82 83 107 123 164 166 214 246 249 321 328 332 428 492 498 642 656 664 856 984 996 1,284 1,328 1,712 1,968 1,992 2,568 3,403 3,984 4,387 5,136 6,806 8,774 8,881 10,209 13,161 13,612 17,548 17,762 20,418 26,322 26,643 27,224 35,096 35,524 40,836 52,644 53,286 54,448 70,192 71,048 81,672 105,288 106,572 142,096 163,344 210,576 213,144 364,121 426,288 728,242 1,092,363 1,456,484 2,184,726 2,912,968 4,369,452 5,825,936 8,738,904 and 17,477,808, with no remainder.

Since 17,477,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,477,808, 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).