Q: Is 17,246,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,246,240 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 17,246,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 41 44 55 80 82 88 110 160 164 176 205 220 239 328 352 410 440 451 478 656 820 880 902 956 1,195 1,312 1,640 1,760 1,804 1,912 2,255 2,390 2,629 3,280 3,608 3,824 4,510 4,780 5,258 6,560 7,216 7,648 9,020 9,560 9,799 10,516 13,145 14,432 18,040 19,120 19,598 21,032 26,290 36,080 38,240 39,196 42,064 48,995 52,580 72,160 78,392 84,128 97,990 105,160 107,789 156,784 195,980 210,320 215,578 313,568 391,960 420,640 431,156 538,945 783,920 862,312 1,077,890 1,567,840 1,724,624 2,155,780 3,449,248 4,311,560 8,623,120 and 17,246,240, with no remainder.

Since 17,246,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,246,240, 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).