Q: Is 17,431,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,431,170 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 17,431,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 19 30 38 53 57 95 106 114 159 190 265 285 318 530 570 577 795 1,007 1,154 1,590 1,731 2,014 2,885 3,021 3,462 5,035 5,770 6,042 8,655 10,070 10,963 15,105 17,310 21,926 30,210 30,581 32,889 54,815 61,162 65,778 91,743 109,630 152,905 164,445 183,486 305,810 328,890 458,715 581,039 917,430 1,162,078 1,743,117 2,905,195 3,486,234 5,810,390 8,715,585 and 17,431,170, with no remainder.

Since 17,431,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,431,170, 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).