Q: Is 17,722,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,722,368 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 17,722,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 256 288 384 432 512 576 641 768 864 1,024 1,152 1,282 1,536 1,728 1,923 2,304 2,564 3,072 3,456 3,846 4,608 5,128 5,769 6,912 7,692 9,216 10,256 11,538 13,824 15,384 17,307 20,512 23,076 27,648 30,768 34,614 41,024 46,152 61,536 69,228 82,048 92,304 123,072 138,456 164,096 184,608 246,144 276,912 328,192 369,216 492,288 553,824 656,384 738,432 984,576 1,107,648 1,476,864 1,969,152 2,215,296 2,953,728 4,430,592 5,907,456 8,861,184 and 17,722,368, with no remainder.

Since 17,722,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,722,368, 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).