Q: Is 17,236,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,236,260 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 17,236,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 59 60 90 108 118 135 177 180 236 270 295 354 531 540 541 590 708 885 1,062 1,082 1,180 1,593 1,623 1,770 2,124 2,164 2,655 2,705 3,186 3,246 3,540 4,869 5,310 5,410 6,372 6,492 7,965 8,115 9,738 10,620 10,820 14,607 15,930 16,230 19,476 24,345 29,214 31,860 31,919 32,460 48,690 58,428 63,838 73,035 95,757 97,380 127,676 146,070 159,595 191,514 287,271 292,140 319,190 383,028 478,785 574,542 638,380 861,813 957,570 1,149,084 1,436,355 1,723,626 1,915,140 2,872,710 3,447,252 4,309,065 5,745,420 8,618,130 and 17,236,260, with no remainder.

Since 17,236,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,236,260, 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).