Q: Is 17,236,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,236,170 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 17,236,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 30 35 42 45 63 70 90 105 109 126 210 218 251 315 327 502 545 630 654 753 763 981 1,090 1,255 1,506 1,526 1,635 1,757 1,962 2,259 2,289 2,510 3,270 3,514 3,765 3,815 4,518 4,578 4,905 5,271 6,867 7,530 7,630 8,785 9,810 10,542 11,295 11,445 13,734 15,813 17,570 22,590 22,890 26,355 27,359 31,626 34,335 52,710 54,718 68,670 79,065 82,077 136,795 158,130 164,154 191,513 246,231 273,590 383,026 410,385 492,462 574,539 820,770 957,565 1,149,078 1,231,155 1,723,617 1,915,130 2,462,310 2,872,695 3,447,234 5,745,390 8,618,085 and 17,236,170, with no remainder.

Since 17,236,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,236,170, 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).