Q: Is 17,400,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,400,000 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 17,400,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 29 30 32 40 48 50 58 60 64 75 80 87 96 100 116 120 125 145 150 160 174 192 200 232 240 250 290 300 320 348 375 400 435 464 480 500 580 600 625 696 725 750 800 870 928 960 1,000 1,160 1,200 1,250 1,392 1,450 1,500 1,600 1,740 1,856 1,875 2,000 2,175 2,320 2,400 2,500 2,784 2,900 3,000 3,125 3,480 3,625 3,750 4,000 4,350 4,640 4,800 5,000 5,568 5,800 6,000 6,250 6,960 7,250 7,500 8,000 8,700 9,280 9,375 10,000 10,875 11,600 12,000 12,500 13,920 14,500 15,000 17,400 18,125 18,750 20,000 21,750 23,200 24,000 25,000 27,840 29,000 30,000 34,800 36,250 37,500 40,000 43,500 46,400 50,000 54,375 58,000 60,000 69,600 72,500 75,000 87,000 90,625 100,000 108,750 116,000 120,000 139,200 145,000 150,000 174,000 181,250 200,000 217,500 232,000 271,875 290,000 300,000 348,000 362,500 435,000 543,750 580,000 600,000 696,000 725,000 870,000 1,087,500 1,160,000 1,450,000 1,740,000 2,175,000 2,900,000 3,480,000 4,350,000 5,800,000 8,700,000 and 17,400,000, with no remainder.

Since 17,400,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,400,000, 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).