Q: Is 17,318,730 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,318,730 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 17,318,730 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 13 15 22 26 30 33 39 55 65 66 78 110 121 130 143 165 195 242 286 330 363 367 390 429 605 715 726 734 858 1,101 1,210 1,430 1,573 1,815 1,835 2,145 2,202 3,146 3,630 3,670 4,037 4,290 4,719 4,771 5,505 7,865 8,074 9,438 9,542 11,010 12,111 14,313 15,730 20,185 23,595 23,855 24,222 28,626 40,370 44,407 47,190 47,710 52,481 60,555 71,565 88,814 104,962 121,110 133,221 143,130 157,443 222,035 262,405 266,442 314,886 444,070 524,810 577,291 666,105 787,215 1,154,582 1,332,210 1,574,430 1,731,873 2,886,455 3,463,746 5,772,910 8,659,365 and 17,318,730, with no remainder.

Since 17,318,730 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,318,730, 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).