Q: Is 17,371,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,371,320 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 17,371,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 19 20 24 30 38 40 57 60 76 95 114 120 152 190 228 285 361 380 401 456 570 722 760 802 1,083 1,140 1,203 1,444 1,604 1,805 2,005 2,166 2,280 2,406 2,888 3,208 3,610 4,010 4,332 4,812 5,415 6,015 7,220 7,619 8,020 8,664 9,624 10,830 12,030 14,440 15,238 16,040 21,660 22,857 24,060 30,476 38,095 43,320 45,714 48,120 60,952 76,190 91,428 114,285 144,761 152,380 182,856 228,570 289,522 304,760 434,283 457,140 579,044 723,805 868,566 914,280 1,158,088 1,447,610 1,737,132 2,171,415 2,895,220 3,474,264 4,342,830 5,790,440 8,685,660 and 17,371,320, with no remainder.

Since 17,371,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,371,320, 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).