Q: Is 17,138,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,138,240 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 17,138,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 49 56 64 70 80 98 112 140 160 196 224 245 280 320 392 448 490 560 784 980 1,093 1,120 1,568 1,960 2,186 2,240 3,136 3,920 4,372 5,465 7,651 7,840 8,744 10,930 15,302 15,680 17,488 21,860 30,604 34,976 38,255 43,720 53,557 61,208 69,952 76,510 87,440 107,114 122,416 153,020 174,880 214,228 244,832 267,785 306,040 349,760 428,456 489,664 535,570 612,080 856,912 1,071,140 1,224,160 1,713,824 2,142,280 2,448,320 3,427,648 4,284,560 8,569,120 and 17,138,240, with no remainder.

Since 17,138,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,138,240, 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).