Q: Is 17,232,380 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,232,380 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 17,232,380 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 29 37 44 55 58 73 74 110 116 145 146 148 185 220 290 292 319 365 370 407 580 638 730 740 803 814 1,073 1,276 1,460 1,595 1,606 1,628 2,035 2,117 2,146 2,701 3,190 3,212 4,015 4,070 4,234 4,292 5,365 5,402 6,380 8,030 8,140 8,468 10,585 10,730 10,804 11,803 13,505 16,060 21,170 21,460 23,287 23,606 27,010 29,711 42,340 46,574 47,212 54,020 59,015 59,422 78,329 93,148 116,435 118,030 118,844 148,555 156,658 232,870 236,060 297,110 313,316 391,645 465,740 594,220 783,290 861,619 1,566,580 1,723,238 3,446,476 4,308,095 8,616,190 and 17,232,380, with no remainder.

Since 17,232,380 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,232,380, 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).