Q: Is 17,626,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,626,752 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 17,626,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 16 18 22 24 26 32 33 36 39 44 48 52 64 66 72 78 88 96 99 104 107 117 128 132 143 144 156 176 192 198 208 214 234 264 286 288 312 321 352 384 396 416 428 429 468 528 572 576 624 642 704 792 832 856 858 936 963 1,056 1,144 1,152 1,177 1,248 1,284 1,287 1,391 1,408 1,584 1,664 1,712 1,716 1,872 1,926 2,112 2,288 2,354 2,496 2,568 2,574 2,782 3,168 3,424 3,432 3,531 3,744 3,852 4,173 4,224 4,576 4,708 4,992 5,136 5,148 5,564 6,336 6,848 6,864 7,062 7,488 7,704 8,346 9,152 9,416 10,272 10,296 10,593 11,128 12,519 12,672 13,696 13,728 14,124 14,976 15,301 15,408 16,692 18,304 18,832 20,544 20,592 21,186 22,256 25,038 27,456 28,248 30,602 30,816 33,384 37,664 41,088 41,184 42,372 44,512 45,903 50,076 54,912 56,496 61,204 61,632 66,768 75,328 82,368 84,744 89,024 91,806 100,152 112,992 122,408 123,264 133,536 137,709 150,656 164,736 169,488 178,048 183,612 200,304 225,984 244,816 267,072 275,418 338,976 367,224 400,608 451,968 489,632 534,144 550,836 677,952 734,448 801,216 979,264 1,101,672 1,355,904 1,468,896 1,602,432 1,958,528 2,203,344 2,937,792 4,406,688 5,875,584 8,813,376 and 17,626,752, with no remainder.

Since 17,626,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,626,752, 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).