Q: Is 17,317,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,317,560 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 17,317,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 17 20 24 26 30 34 39 40 51 52 60 65 68 78 85 102 104 120 130 136 156 170 195 204 221 255 260 312 340 390 408 442 510 520 653 663 680 780 884 1,020 1,105 1,306 1,326 1,560 1,768 1,959 2,040 2,210 2,612 2,652 3,265 3,315 3,918 4,420 5,224 5,304 6,530 6,630 7,836 8,489 8,840 9,795 11,101 13,060 13,260 15,672 16,978 19,590 22,202 25,467 26,120 26,520 33,303 33,956 39,180 42,445 44,404 50,934 55,505 66,606 67,912 78,360 84,890 88,808 101,868 111,010 127,335 133,212 144,313 166,515 169,780 203,736 222,020 254,670 266,424 288,626 333,030 339,560 432,939 444,040 509,340 577,252 666,060 721,565 865,878 1,018,680 1,154,504 1,332,120 1,443,130 1,731,756 2,164,695 2,886,260 3,463,512 4,329,390 5,772,520 8,658,780 and 17,317,560, with no remainder.

Since 17,317,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,317,560, 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).