Q: Is 17,224,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,224,380 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 17,224,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 90 108 135 167 180 191 270 334 382 501 540 573 668 764 835 955 1,002 1,146 1,503 1,670 1,719 1,910 2,004 2,292 2,505 2,865 3,006 3,340 3,438 3,820 4,509 5,010 5,157 5,730 6,012 6,876 7,515 8,595 9,018 10,020 10,314 11,460 15,030 17,190 18,036 20,628 22,545 25,785 30,060 31,897 34,380 45,090 51,570 63,794 90,180 95,691 103,140 127,588 159,485 191,382 287,073 318,970 382,764 478,455 574,146 637,940 861,219 956,910 1,148,292 1,435,365 1,722,438 1,913,820 2,870,730 3,444,876 4,306,095 5,741,460 8,612,190 and 17,224,380, with no remainder.

Since 17,224,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,224,380, 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).