Q: Is 17,338,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,338,320 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 17,338,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 27 30 36 40 45 46 48 54 60 69 72 80 90 92 108 115 120 135 138 144 180 184 207 216 230 240 270 276 345 349 360 368 414 432 460 540 552 621 690 698 720 828 920 1,035 1,047 1,080 1,104 1,242 1,380 1,396 1,656 1,745 1,840 2,070 2,094 2,160 2,484 2,760 2,792 3,105 3,141 3,312 3,490 4,140 4,188 4,968 5,235 5,520 5,584 6,210 6,282 6,980 8,027 8,280 8,376 9,423 9,936 10,470 12,420 12,564 13,960 15,705 16,054 16,560 16,752 18,846 20,940 24,081 24,840 25,128 27,920 31,410 32,108 37,692 40,135 41,880 47,115 48,162 49,680 50,256 62,820 64,216 72,243 75,384 80,270 83,760 94,230 96,324 120,405 125,640 128,432 144,486 150,768 160,540 188,460 192,648 216,729 240,810 251,280 288,972 321,080 361,215 376,920 385,296 433,458 481,620 577,944 642,160 722,430 753,840 866,916 963,240 1,083,645 1,155,888 1,444,860 1,733,832 1,926,480 2,167,290 2,889,720 3,467,664 4,334,580 5,779,440 8,669,160 and 17,338,320, with no remainder.

Since 17,338,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,338,320, 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).