Q: Is 17,311,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,311,440 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 17,311,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 102 120 136 170 204 240 255 272 340 408 510 680 816 1,020 1,360 2,040 4,080 4,243 8,486 12,729 16,972 21,215 25,458 33,944 42,430 50,916 63,645 67,888 72,131 84,860 101,832 127,290 144,262 169,720 203,664 216,393 254,580 288,524 339,440 360,655 432,786 509,160 577,048 721,310 865,572 1,018,320 1,081,965 1,154,096 1,442,620 1,731,144 2,163,930 2,885,240 3,462,288 4,327,860 5,770,480 8,655,720 and 17,311,440, with no remainder.

Since 17,311,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,311,440, 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).