Q: Is 17,448,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 17,448,600 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 17,448,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 20 24 25 26 30 39 40 50 52 60 65 75 78 100 104 120 130 150 156 195 200 260 300 312 325 390 520 600 650 780 975 1,300 1,560 1,950 2,237 2,600 3,900 4,474 6,711 7,800 8,948 11,185 13,422 17,896 22,370 26,844 29,081 33,555 44,740 53,688 55,925 58,162 67,110 87,243 89,480 111,850 116,324 134,220 145,405 167,775 174,486 223,700 232,648 268,440 290,810 335,550 348,972 436,215 447,400 581,620 671,100 697,944 727,025 872,430 1,163,240 1,342,200 1,454,050 1,744,860 2,181,075 2,908,100 3,489,720 4,362,150 5,816,200 8,724,300 and 17,448,600, with no remainder.

Since 17,448,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 17,448,600, 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).