Q: Is 17,361,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,361,760 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 17,361,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 32 34 40 52 65 68 80 85 104 130 136 160 170 208 221 260 272 340 416 442 491 520 544 680 884 982 1,040 1,105 1,360 1,768 1,964 2,080 2,210 2,455 2,720 3,536 3,928 4,420 4,910 6,383 7,072 7,856 8,347 8,840 9,820 12,766 15,712 16,694 17,680 19,640 25,532 31,915 33,388 35,360 39,280 41,735 51,064 63,830 66,776 78,560 83,470 102,128 108,511 127,660 133,552 166,940 204,256 217,022 255,320 267,104 333,880 434,044 510,640 542,555 667,760 868,088 1,021,280 1,085,110 1,335,520 1,736,176 2,170,220 3,472,352 4,340,440 8,680,880 and 17,361,760, with no remainder.

Since 17,361,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,361,760, 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).