Q: Is 17,270,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,270,240 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 17,270,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 19 20 23 26 32 38 40 46 52 65 76 80 92 95 104 115 130 152 160 184 190 208 230 247 260 299 304 361 368 380 416 437 460 494 520 598 608 722 736 760 874 920 988 1,040 1,196 1,235 1,444 1,495 1,520 1,748 1,805 1,840 1,976 2,080 2,185 2,392 2,470 2,888 2,990 3,040 3,496 3,610 3,680 3,952 4,370 4,693 4,784 4,940 5,681 5,776 5,980 6,992 7,220 7,904 8,303 8,740 9,386 9,568 9,880 11,362 11,552 11,960 13,984 14,440 16,606 17,480 18,772 19,760 22,724 23,465 23,920 28,405 28,880 33,212 34,960 37,544 39,520 41,515 45,448 46,930 47,840 56,810 57,760 66,424 69,920 75,088 83,030 90,896 93,860 107,939 113,620 132,848 150,176 166,060 181,792 187,720 215,878 227,240 265,696 332,120 375,440 431,756 454,480 539,695 664,240 750,880 863,512 908,960 1,079,390 1,328,480 1,727,024 2,158,780 3,454,048 4,317,560 8,635,120 and 17,270,240, with no remainder.

Since 17,270,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,270,240, 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).