Q: Is 17,403,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,403,800 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 17,403,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 173 200 346 503 692 865 1,006 1,384 1,730 2,012 2,515 3,460 4,024 4,325 5,030 6,920 8,650 10,060 12,575 17,300 20,120 25,150 34,600 50,300 87,019 100,600 174,038 348,076 435,095 696,152 870,190 1,740,380 2,175,475 3,480,760 4,350,950 8,701,900 and 17,403,800, with no remainder.

Since 17,403,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,403,800, 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).