Q: Is 17,145,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,145,120 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 17,145,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 480 552 690 736 920 1,104 1,380 1,553 1,840 2,208 2,760 3,106 3,680 4,659 5,520 6,212 7,765 9,318 11,040 12,424 15,530 18,636 23,295 24,848 31,060 35,719 37,272 46,590 49,696 62,120 71,438 74,544 93,180 107,157 124,240 142,876 149,088 178,595 186,360 214,314 248,480 285,752 357,190 372,720 428,628 535,785 571,504 714,380 745,440 857,256 1,071,570 1,143,008 1,428,760 1,714,512 2,143,140 2,857,520 3,429,024 4,286,280 5,715,040 8,572,560 and 17,145,120, with no remainder.

Since 17,145,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,145,120, 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).