Q: Is 17,600,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,600,448 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 17,600,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 48 58 64 87 96 109 116 174 192 218 232 327 348 436 464 654 696 841 872 928 1,308 1,392 1,682 1,744 1,856 2,523 2,616 2,784 3,161 3,364 3,488 5,046 5,232 5,568 6,322 6,728 6,976 9,483 10,092 10,464 12,644 13,456 18,966 20,184 20,928 25,288 26,912 37,932 40,368 50,576 53,824 75,864 80,736 91,669 101,152 151,728 161,472 183,338 202,304 275,007 303,456 366,676 550,014 606,912 733,352 1,100,028 1,466,704 2,200,056 2,933,408 4,400,112 5,866,816 8,800,224 and 17,600,448, with no remainder.

Since 17,600,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,600,448, 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).