Q: Is 17,987,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,987,328 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 17,987,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 37 48 64 72 74 96 111 128 144 148 192 211 222 256 288 296 333 384 422 444 576 592 633 666 768 844 888 1,152 1,184 1,266 1,332 1,688 1,776 1,899 2,304 2,368 2,532 2,664 3,376 3,552 3,798 4,736 5,064 5,328 6,752 7,104 7,596 7,807 9,472 10,128 10,656 13,504 14,208 15,192 15,614 20,256 21,312 23,421 27,008 28,416 30,384 31,228 40,512 42,624 46,842 54,016 60,768 62,456 70,263 81,024 85,248 93,684 121,536 124,912 140,526 162,048 187,368 243,072 249,824 281,052 374,736 486,144 499,648 562,104 749,472 999,296 1,124,208 1,498,944 1,998,592 2,248,416 2,997,888 4,496,832 5,995,776 8,993,664 and 17,987,328, with no remainder.

Since 17,987,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,987,328, 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).