Q: Is 17,034,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,034,480 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 17,034,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 48 59 60 72 80 90 118 120 144 177 180 236 240 295 354 360 401 472 531 590 708 720 802 885 944 1,062 1,180 1,203 1,416 1,604 1,770 2,005 2,124 2,360 2,406 2,655 2,832 3,208 3,540 3,609 4,010 4,248 4,720 4,812 5,310 6,015 6,416 7,080 7,218 8,020 8,496 9,624 10,620 12,030 14,160 14,436 16,040 18,045 19,248 21,240 23,659 24,060 28,872 32,080 36,090 42,480 47,318 48,120 57,744 70,977 72,180 94,636 96,240 118,295 141,954 144,360 189,272 212,931 236,590 283,908 288,720 354,885 378,544 425,862 473,180 567,816 709,770 851,724 946,360 1,064,655 1,135,632 1,419,540 1,703,448 1,892,720 2,129,310 2,839,080 3,406,896 4,258,620 5,678,160 8,517,240 and 17,034,480, with no remainder.

Since 17,034,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,034,480, 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).