Q: Is 17,604,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,604,108 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 17,604,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 23 27 36 38 46 54 57 69 76 92 108 114 138 171 207 228 276 342 373 414 437 513 621 684 746 828 874 1,026 1,119 1,242 1,311 1,492 1,748 2,052 2,238 2,484 2,622 3,357 3,933 4,476 5,244 6,714 7,087 7,866 8,579 10,071 11,799 13,428 14,174 15,732 17,158 20,142 21,261 23,598 25,737 28,348 34,316 40,284 42,522 47,196 51,474 63,783 77,211 85,044 102,948 127,566 154,422 163,001 191,349 231,633 255,132 308,844 326,002 382,698 463,266 489,003 652,004 765,396 926,532 978,006 1,467,009 1,956,012 2,934,018 4,401,027 5,868,036 8,802,054 and 17,604,108, with no remainder.

Since 17,604,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,604,108, 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).