Q: Is 17,334,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,334,870 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 17,334,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 23 30 35 37 42 46 69 70 74 97 105 111 115 138 161 185 194 210 222 230 259 291 322 345 370 483 485 518 555 582 679 690 777 805 851 966 970 1,110 1,295 1,358 1,455 1,554 1,610 1,702 2,037 2,231 2,415 2,553 2,590 2,910 3,395 3,589 3,885 4,074 4,255 4,462 4,830 5,106 5,957 6,693 6,790 7,178 7,770 8,510 10,185 10,767 11,155 11,914 12,765 13,386 15,617 17,871 17,945 20,370 21,534 22,310 25,123 25,530 29,785 31,234 33,465 35,742 35,890 46,851 50,246 53,835 59,570 66,930 75,369 78,085 82,547 89,355 93,702 107,670 125,615 150,738 156,170 165,094 178,710 234,255 247,641 251,230 376,845 412,735 468,510 495,282 577,829 753,690 825,470 1,155,658 1,238,205 1,733,487 2,476,410 2,889,145 3,466,974 5,778,290 8,667,435 and 17,334,870, with no remainder.

Since 17,334,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,334,870, 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).