Q: Is 17,135,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,135,520 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 17,135,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 58 60 80 87 96 116 120 145 160 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 480 580 696 870 928 1,160 1,231 1,392 1,740 2,320 2,462 2,784 3,480 3,693 4,640 4,924 6,155 6,960 7,386 9,848 12,310 13,920 14,772 18,465 19,696 24,620 29,544 35,699 36,930 39,392 49,240 59,088 71,398 73,860 98,480 107,097 118,176 142,796 147,720 178,495 196,960 214,194 285,592 295,440 356,990 428,388 535,485 571,184 590,880 713,980 856,776 1,070,970 1,142,368 1,427,960 1,713,552 2,141,940 2,855,920 3,427,104 4,283,880 5,711,840 8,567,760 and 17,135,520, with no remainder.

Since 17,135,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,135,520, 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).