Q: Is 17,237,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,237,760 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 17,237,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 67 80 96 120 128 134 160 192 201 240 256 268 320 335 384 402 480 536 640 670 768 804 960 1,005 1,072 1,280 1,340 1,608 1,920 2,010 2,144 2,680 3,216 3,840 4,020 4,288 4,489 5,360 6,432 8,040 8,576 8,978 10,720 12,864 13,467 16,080 17,152 17,956 21,440 22,445 25,728 26,934 32,160 35,912 42,880 44,890 51,456 53,868 64,320 67,335 71,824 85,760 89,780 107,736 128,640 134,670 143,648 179,560 215,472 257,280 269,340 287,296 359,120 430,944 538,680 574,592 718,240 861,888 1,077,360 1,149,184 1,436,480 1,723,776 2,154,720 2,872,960 3,447,552 4,309,440 5,745,920 8,618,880 and 17,237,760, with no remainder.

Since 17,237,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,237,760, 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).