Q: Is 17,146,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,146,560 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 17,146,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 53 60 64 80 96 106 120 159 160 192 212 240 265 318 320 337 424 480 530 636 674 795 848 960 1,011 1,060 1,272 1,348 1,590 1,685 1,696 2,022 2,120 2,544 2,696 3,180 3,370 3,392 4,044 4,240 5,055 5,088 5,392 6,360 6,740 8,088 8,480 10,110 10,176 10,784 12,720 13,480 16,176 16,960 17,861 20,220 21,568 25,440 26,960 32,352 35,722 40,440 50,880 53,583 53,920 64,704 71,444 80,880 89,305 107,166 107,840 142,888 161,760 178,610 214,332 267,915 285,776 323,520 357,220 428,664 535,830 571,552 714,440 857,328 1,071,660 1,143,104 1,428,880 1,714,656 2,143,320 2,857,760 3,429,312 4,286,640 5,715,520 8,573,280 and 17,146,560, with no remainder.

Since 17,146,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,146,560, 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).