Q: Is 17,678,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,678,848 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 17,678,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 43 44 64 73 86 88 128 146 172 176 256 292 344 352 473 512 584 688 704 803 946 1,168 1,376 1,408 1,606 1,892 2,336 2,752 2,816 3,139 3,212 3,784 4,672 5,504 5,632 6,278 6,424 7,568 9,344 11,008 12,556 12,848 15,136 18,688 22,016 25,112 25,696 30,272 34,529 37,376 50,224 51,392 60,544 69,058 100,448 102,784 121,088 138,116 200,896 205,568 242,176 276,232 401,792 411,136 552,464 803,584 1,104,928 1,607,168 2,209,856 4,419,712 8,839,424 and 17,678,848, with no remainder.

Since 17,678,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,678,848, 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).