Q: Is 17,008,530 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,008,530 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 17,008,530 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 11 14 15 21 22 30 33 35 37 42 55 66 70 74 77 105 110 111 154 165 185 199 210 222 231 259 330 370 385 398 407 462 518 555 597 770 777 814 995 1,110 1,155 1,194 1,221 1,295 1,393 1,554 1,990 2,035 2,189 2,310 2,442 2,590 2,786 2,849 2,985 3,885 4,070 4,179 4,378 5,698 5,970 6,105 6,567 6,965 7,363 7,770 8,358 8,547 10,945 12,210 13,134 13,930 14,245 14,726 15,323 17,094 20,895 21,890 22,089 28,490 30,646 32,835 36,815 41,790 42,735 44,178 45,969 51,541 65,670 73,630 76,615 80,993 85,470 91,938 103,082 110,445 153,230 154,623 161,986 220,890 229,845 242,979 257,705 309,246 404,965 459,690 485,958 515,410 566,951 773,115 809,930 1,133,902 1,214,895 1,546,230 1,700,853 2,429,790 2,834,755 3,401,706 5,669,510 8,504,265 and 17,008,530, with no remainder.

Since 17,008,530 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,008,530, 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).