Q: Is 17,374,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,374,770 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 17,374,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 14 15 18 21 27 29 30 35 42 45 54 58 63 70 87 90 105 126 135 145 174 189 203 210 261 270 290 315 317 378 406 435 522 609 630 634 783 870 945 951 1,015 1,218 1,305 1,566 1,585 1,827 1,890 1,902 2,030 2,219 2,610 2,853 3,045 3,170 3,654 3,915 4,438 4,755 5,481 5,706 6,090 6,657 7,830 8,559 9,135 9,193 9,510 10,962 11,095 13,314 14,265 17,118 18,270 18,386 19,971 22,190 27,405 27,579 28,530 33,285 39,942 42,795 45,965 54,810 55,158 59,913 64,351 66,570 82,737 85,590 91,930 99,855 119,826 128,702 137,895 165,474 193,053 199,710 248,211 275,790 299,565 321,755 386,106 413,685 496,422 579,159 599,130 643,510 827,370 965,265 1,158,318 1,241,055 1,737,477 1,930,530 2,482,110 2,895,795 3,474,954 5,791,590 8,687,385 and 17,374,770, with no remainder.

Since 17,374,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,374,770, 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).