Q: Is 17,201,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,201,940 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 17,201,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 49 60 70 84 98 105 140 147 196 210 245 294 420 490 588 735 980 1,470 2,940 5,851 11,702 17,553 23,404 29,255 35,106 40,957 58,510 70,212 81,914 87,765 117,020 122,871 163,828 175,530 204,785 245,742 286,699 351,060 409,570 491,484 573,398 614,355 819,140 860,097 1,146,796 1,228,710 1,433,495 1,720,194 2,457,420 2,866,990 3,440,388 4,300,485 5,733,980 8,600,970 and 17,201,940, with no remainder.

Since 17,201,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,201,940, 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).