Q: Is 17,115,090 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,115,090 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 17,115,090 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 37 51 74 85 102 111 170 185 222 255 370 510 555 629 907 1,110 1,258 1,814 1,887 2,721 3,145 3,774 4,535 5,442 6,290 9,070 9,435 13,605 15,419 18,870 27,210 30,838 33,559 46,257 67,118 77,095 92,514 100,677 154,190 167,795 201,354 231,285 335,590 462,570 503,385 570,503 1,006,770 1,141,006 1,711,509 2,852,515 3,423,018 5,705,030 8,557,545 and 17,115,090, with no remainder.

Since 17,115,090 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,115,090, 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).