Q: Is 17,207,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,207,520 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 17,207,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 32 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 96 110 120 132 160 165 176 220 240 264 330 352 440 480 528 660 880 1,056 1,320 1,760 2,640 3,259 5,280 6,518 9,777 13,036 16,295 19,554 26,072 32,590 35,849 39,108 48,885 52,144 65,180 71,698 78,216 97,770 104,288 107,547 130,360 143,396 156,432 179,245 195,540 215,094 260,720 286,792 312,864 358,490 391,080 430,188 521,440 537,735 573,584 716,980 782,160 860,376 1,075,470 1,147,168 1,433,960 1,564,320 1,720,752 2,150,940 2,867,920 3,441,504 4,301,880 5,735,840 8,603,760 and 17,207,520, with no remainder.

Since 17,207,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,207,520, 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).