Q: Is 17,438,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,438,960 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 17,438,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 19 20 22 28 35 38 40 44 55 56 70 76 77 80 88 95 110 112 133 140 149 152 154 176 190 209 220 266 280 298 304 308 380 385 418 440 532 560 596 616 665 745 760 770 836 880 1,043 1,045 1,064 1,192 1,232 1,330 1,463 1,490 1,520 1,540 1,639 1,672 2,086 2,090 2,128 2,384 2,660 2,831 2,926 2,980 3,080 3,278 3,344 4,172 4,180 5,215 5,320 5,662 5,852 5,960 6,160 6,556 7,315 8,195 8,344 8,360 10,430 10,640 11,324 11,473 11,704 11,920 13,112 14,155 14,630 16,390 16,688 16,720 19,817 20,860 22,648 22,946 23,408 26,224 28,310 29,260 31,141 32,780 39,634 41,720 45,296 45,892 56,620 57,365 58,520 62,282 65,560 79,268 83,440 91,784 99,085 113,240 114,730 117,040 124,564 131,120 155,705 158,536 183,568 198,170 217,987 226,480 229,460 249,128 311,410 317,072 396,340 435,974 458,920 498,256 622,820 792,680 871,948 917,840 1,089,935 1,245,640 1,585,360 1,743,896 2,179,870 2,491,280 3,487,792 4,359,740 8,719,480 and 17,438,960, with no remainder.

Since 17,438,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,438,960, 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).