Q: Is 17,110,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,110,940 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 17,110,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 41 44 55 70 77 82 110 140 154 164 205 220 271 287 308 385 410 451 542 574 770 820 902 1,084 1,148 1,355 1,435 1,540 1,804 1,897 2,255 2,710 2,870 2,981 3,157 3,794 4,510 5,420 5,740 5,962 6,314 7,588 9,020 9,485 11,111 11,924 12,628 14,905 15,785 18,970 20,867 22,222 29,810 31,570 37,940 41,734 44,444 55,555 59,620 63,140 77,777 83,468 104,335 111,110 122,221 155,554 208,670 222,220 244,442 311,108 388,885 417,340 488,884 611,105 777,770 855,547 1,222,210 1,555,540 1,711,094 2,444,420 3,422,188 4,277,735 8,555,470 and 17,110,940, with no remainder.

Since 17,110,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,110,940, 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).