Q: Is 17,011,020 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,011,020 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 17,011,020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 26 30 39 52 60 65 78 113 130 156 193 195 226 260 339 386 390 452 565 579 678 772 780 965 1,130 1,158 1,356 1,469 1,695 1,930 2,260 2,316 2,509 2,895 2,938 3,390 3,860 4,407 5,018 5,790 5,876 6,780 7,345 7,527 8,814 10,036 11,580 12,545 14,690 15,054 17,628 21,809 22,035 25,090 29,380 30,108 37,635 43,618 44,070 50,180 65,427 75,270 87,236 88,140 109,045 130,854 150,540 218,090 261,708 283,517 327,135 436,180 567,034 654,270 850,551 1,134,068 1,308,540 1,417,585 1,701,102 2,835,170 3,402,204 4,252,755 5,670,340 8,505,510 and 17,011,020, with no remainder.

Since 17,011,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,011,020, 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).