Q: Is 17,384,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,384,700 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 17,384,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 50 60 75 100 150 167 300 334 347 501 668 694 835 1,002 1,041 1,388 1,670 1,735 2,004 2,082 2,505 3,340 3,470 4,164 4,175 5,010 5,205 6,940 8,350 8,675 10,020 10,410 12,525 16,700 17,350 20,820 25,050 26,025 34,700 50,100 52,050 57,949 104,100 115,898 173,847 231,796 289,745 347,694 579,490 695,388 869,235 1,158,980 1,448,725 1,738,470 2,897,450 3,476,940 4,346,175 5,794,900 8,692,350 and 17,384,700, with no remainder.

Since 17,384,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,384,700, 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).