Q: Is 17,835,246 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,835,246 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 17,835,246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 41 66 78 82 99 117 123 143 169 198 234 246 286 338 369 429 451 507 533 738 858 902 1,014 1,066 1,287 1,353 1,521 1,599 1,859 2,197 2,574 2,706 3,042 3,198 3,718 4,059 4,394 4,797 5,577 5,863 6,591 6,929 8,118 9,594 11,154 11,726 13,182 13,858 16,731 17,589 19,773 20,787 24,167 33,462 35,178 39,546 41,574 48,334 52,767 62,361 72,501 76,219 90,077 105,534 124,722 145,002 152,438 180,154 217,503 228,657 270,231 435,006 457,314 540,462 685,971 810,693 990,847 1,371,942 1,621,386 1,981,694 2,972,541 5,945,082 8,917,623 and 17,835,246, with no remainder.

Since 17,835,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,835,246, 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).