Q: Is 17,177,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,177,940 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 17,177,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 26 27 30 36 39 45 52 54 60 65 78 90 108 117 130 135 156 180 195 234 260 270 351 390 468 540 585 702 780 1,170 1,404 1,755 2,340 2,447 3,510 4,894 7,020 7,341 9,788 12,235 14,682 22,023 24,470 29,364 31,811 36,705 44,046 48,940 63,622 66,069 73,410 88,092 95,433 110,115 127,244 132,138 146,820 159,055 190,866 220,230 264,276 286,299 318,110 330,345 381,732 440,460 477,165 572,598 636,220 660,690 858,897 954,330 1,145,196 1,321,380 1,431,495 1,717,794 1,908,660 2,862,990 3,435,588 4,294,485 5,725,980 8,588,970 and 17,177,940, with no remainder.

Since 17,177,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,177,940, 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).