Q: Is 17,026,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,026,520 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 17,026,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 17 20 28 34 35 40 49 56 68 70 73 85 98 119 136 140 146 170 196 238 245 280 292 340 343 365 392 476 490 511 584 595 680 686 730 833 952 980 1,022 1,190 1,241 1,372 1,460 1,666 1,715 1,960 2,044 2,380 2,482 2,555 2,744 2,920 3,332 3,430 3,577 4,088 4,165 4,760 4,964 5,110 5,831 6,205 6,664 6,860 7,154 8,330 8,687 9,928 10,220 11,662 12,410 13,720 14,308 16,660 17,374 17,885 20,440 23,324 24,820 25,039 28,616 29,155 33,320 34,748 35,770 43,435 46,648 49,640 50,078 58,310 60,809 69,496 71,540 86,870 100,156 116,620 121,618 125,195 143,080 173,740 200,312 233,240 243,236 250,390 304,045 347,480 425,663 486,472 500,780 608,090 851,326 1,001,560 1,216,180 1,702,652 2,128,315 2,432,360 3,405,304 4,256,630 8,513,260 and 17,026,520, with no remainder.

Since 17,026,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,026,520, 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).