Q: Is 17,402,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,402,560 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 17,402,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 32 34 35 40 56 64 68 70 80 85 112 119 136 140 160 170 224 238 272 280 320 340 448 457 476 544 560 595 680 914 952 1,088 1,120 1,190 1,360 1,828 1,904 2,240 2,285 2,380 2,720 3,199 3,656 3,808 4,570 4,760 5,440 6,398 7,312 7,616 7,769 9,140 9,520 12,796 14,624 15,538 15,995 18,280 19,040 25,592 29,248 31,076 31,990 36,560 38,080 38,845 51,184 54,383 62,152 63,980 73,120 77,690 102,368 108,766 124,304 127,960 146,240 155,380 204,736 217,532 248,608 255,920 271,915 310,760 435,064 497,216 511,840 543,830 621,520 870,128 1,023,680 1,087,660 1,243,040 1,740,256 2,175,320 2,486,080 3,480,512 4,350,640 8,701,280 and 17,402,560, with no remainder.

Since 17,402,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,402,560, 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).