Q: Is 17,411,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,411,520 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 17,411,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 64 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 192 210 224 240 280 320 336 420 448 480 560 672 840 960 1,120 1,344 1,680 2,240 2,591 3,360 5,182 6,720 7,773 10,364 12,955 15,546 18,137 20,728 25,910 31,092 36,274 38,865 41,456 51,820 54,411 62,184 72,548 77,730 82,912 90,685 103,640 108,822 124,368 145,096 155,460 165,824 181,370 207,280 217,644 248,736 272,055 290,192 310,920 362,740 414,560 435,288 497,472 544,110 580,384 621,840 725,480 829,120 870,576 1,088,220 1,160,768 1,243,680 1,450,960 1,741,152 2,176,440 2,487,360 2,901,920 3,482,304 4,352,880 5,803,840 8,705,760 and 17,411,520, with no remainder.

Since 17,411,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,411,520, 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).