Q: Is 17,005,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,005,380 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 17,005,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 19 20 21 28 30 35 38 42 57 60 70 76 84 95 105 114 133 140 190 210 228 266 285 380 399 420 532 570 665 798 1,140 1,330 1,596 1,995 2,131 2,660 3,990 4,262 6,393 7,980 8,524 10,655 12,786 14,917 21,310 25,572 29,834 31,965 40,489 42,620 44,751 59,668 63,930 74,585 80,978 89,502 121,467 127,860 149,170 161,956 179,004 202,445 223,755 242,934 283,423 298,340 404,890 447,510 485,868 566,846 607,335 809,780 850,269 895,020 1,133,692 1,214,670 1,417,115 1,700,538 2,429,340 2,834,230 3,401,076 4,251,345 5,668,460 8,502,690 and 17,005,380, with no remainder.

Since 17,005,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,005,380, 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).