Q: Is 17,490,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,490,648 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 17,490,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 107 139 147 168 196 214 278 294 321 392 417 428 556 588 642 749 834 856 973 1,112 1,176 1,284 1,498 1,668 1,946 2,247 2,568 2,919 2,996 3,336 3,892 4,494 5,243 5,838 5,992 6,811 7,784 8,988 10,486 11,676 13,622 14,873 15,729 17,976 20,433 20,972 23,352 27,244 29,746 31,458 40,866 41,944 44,619 54,488 59,492 62,916 81,732 89,238 104,111 118,984 125,832 163,464 178,476 208,222 312,333 356,952 416,444 624,666 728,777 832,888 1,249,332 1,457,554 2,186,331 2,498,664 2,915,108 4,372,662 5,830,216 8,745,324 and 17,490,648, with no remainder.

Since 17,490,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,490,648, 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).