Q: Is 17,044,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,044,800 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 17,044,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 53 60 64 67 75 80 96 100 106 120 134 150 159 160 192 200 201 212 240 265 268 300 318 320 335 400 402 424 480 530 536 600 636 670 795 800 804 848 960 1,005 1,060 1,072 1,200 1,272 1,325 1,340 1,590 1,600 1,608 1,675 1,696 2,010 2,120 2,144 2,400 2,544 2,650 2,680 3,180 3,216 3,350 3,392 3,551 3,975 4,020 4,240 4,288 4,800 5,025 5,088 5,300 5,360 6,360 6,432 6,700 7,102 7,950 8,040 8,480 10,050 10,176 10,600 10,653 10,720 12,720 12,864 13,400 14,204 15,900 16,080 16,960 17,755 20,100 21,200 21,306 21,440 25,440 26,800 28,408 31,800 32,160 35,510 40,200 42,400 42,612 50,880 53,265 53,600 56,816 63,600 64,320 71,020 80,400 84,800 85,224 88,775 106,530 107,200 113,632 127,200 142,040 160,800 170,448 177,550 213,060 227,264 254,400 266,325 284,080 321,600 340,896 355,100 426,120 532,650 568,160 681,792 710,200 852,240 1,065,300 1,136,320 1,420,400 1,704,480 2,130,600 2,840,800 3,408,960 4,261,200 5,681,600 8,522,400 and 17,044,800, with no remainder.

Since 17,044,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,044,800, 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).