Q: Is 17,742,582 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,742,582 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 17,742,582 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 61 66 78 99 113 117 122 143 183 198 226 234 286 339 366 429 549 671 678 793 858 1,017 1,098 1,243 1,287 1,342 1,469 1,586 2,013 2,034 2,379 2,486 2,574 2,938 3,729 4,026 4,407 4,758 6,039 6,893 7,137 7,458 8,723 8,814 11,187 12,078 13,221 13,786 14,274 16,159 17,446 20,679 22,374 26,169 26,442 32,318 41,358 48,477 52,338 62,037 75,823 78,507 89,609 96,954 124,074 145,431 151,646 157,014 179,218 227,469 268,827 290,862 454,938 537,654 682,407 806,481 985,699 1,364,814 1,612,962 1,971,398 2,957,097 5,914,194 8,871,291 and 17,742,582, with no remainder.

Since 17,742,582 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,742,582, 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).