Q: Is 17,784,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,784,624 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 17,784,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 208 264 286 312 429 528 572 624 858 1,144 1,716 2,288 2,591 3,432 5,182 6,864 7,773 10,364 15,546 20,728 28,501 31,092 33,683 41,456 57,002 62,184 67,366 85,503 101,049 114,004 124,368 134,732 171,006 202,098 228,008 269,464 342,012 370,513 404,196 456,016 538,928 684,024 741,026 808,392 1,111,539 1,368,048 1,482,052 1,616,784 2,223,078 2,964,104 4,446,156 5,928,208 8,892,312 and 17,784,624, with no remainder.

Since 17,784,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,784,624, 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).