Q: Is 17,330,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,330,560 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 17,330,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 32 40 52 64 65 80 104 128 130 160 208 260 320 416 520 640 832 1,040 1,664 2,080 2,083 4,160 4,166 8,320 8,332 10,415 16,664 20,830 27,079 33,328 41,660 54,158 66,656 83,320 108,316 133,312 135,395 166,640 216,632 266,624 270,790 333,280 433,264 541,580 666,560 866,528 1,083,160 1,333,120 1,733,056 2,166,320 3,466,112 4,332,640 8,665,280 and 17,330,560, with no remainder.

Since 17,330,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,330,560, 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).