Q: Is 17,280,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,280,432 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 17,280,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 27 34 36 39 48 51 52 54 68 72 78 102 104 108 117 136 144 153 156 181 204 208 216 221 234 272 306 312 351 362 408 432 442 459 468 543 612 624 663 702 724 816 884 918 936 1,086 1,224 1,326 1,404 1,448 1,629 1,768 1,836 1,872 1,989 2,172 2,353 2,448 2,652 2,808 2,896 3,077 3,258 3,536 3,672 3,978 4,344 4,706 4,887 5,304 5,616 5,967 6,154 6,516 7,059 7,344 7,956 8,688 9,231 9,412 9,774 10,608 11,934 12,308 13,032 14,118 15,912 18,462 18,824 19,548 21,177 23,868 24,616 26,064 27,693 28,236 31,824 36,924 37,648 39,096 40,001 42,354 47,736 49,232 55,386 56,472 63,531 73,848 78,192 80,002 83,079 84,708 95,472 110,772 112,944 120,003 127,062 147,696 160,004 166,158 169,416 221,544 240,006 254,124 320,008 332,316 338,832 360,009 443,088 480,012 508,248 640,016 664,632 720,018 960,024 1,016,496 1,080,027 1,329,264 1,440,036 1,920,048 2,160,054 2,880,072 4,320,108 5,760,144 8,640,216 and 17,280,432, with no remainder.

Since 17,280,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,280,432, 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).